According to sources, City of Newnan (a Government organization in Georgia) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2024-11-13.
Source 1 | 2024-11-13
“ A man who hacked into the City of Newnan’s servers, along with a Griffin medical clinic has been sentenced to federal prison after stealing the personal information of 132,000 people, Department of Justice officials say.“
“In February 2018, the man purchased access to the City of Newnan Police Department’s server on the dark web and “used the stolen credentials to hack into the City of Newnan’s computer systems and stole police reports and other documents, including personal information of more than 14,000 individuals.” “
“The crimes reflect the efforts of a callous and brazen cybercriminal who not only hacked into numerous computer servers and stole sensitive personal information from both private and public actors, but also threatened to extort many of his victims and disclose their data,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan.“
Source 2 | 2019-12-05
“The City of Newnan learned of the data breach regarding files that contained vehicle accident report data from approximately 2010 until March of 2018. “
“On Sept. 4, the city learned of the data breach regarding files that contained vehicle accident report data from approximately 2010 until March of 2018. “
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