Special Assistant Attorney General Caleb Pracht, left, and Attorney General Lynn Fitch listen as committee members introduce themselves during the first meeting of the Mississippi Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee at the Walter Sillers Building in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
A cybersecurity attack displaying explicit, racist and antisemitic images derailed Mississippi’s second meeting to begin the process of allocating the state’s opioid settlement dollars, further delaying the process of using the money to address addic