According to sources, East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office (a Public Safety organization in Louisiana) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2025-08-04.
Source 1 | 2025-08-04
“Data stolen by a ransomware gang has exposed highly sensitive information from a Louisiana sheriff’s office, including the names, telephone numbers and Social Security numbers of confidential informants in criminal investigations.“
“Medusa, a suspected Russian cybercrime group, said on its Dark Web blog in April 2024 that it had pilfered more than 90 gigabytes of data from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office. “
“The sheriff’s office initially claimed the intrusion had been quickly detected and stopped, allowing the hackers to obtain only a limited amount of data, such as “screenshots of file folders and still images from video files, WBRZ-TV reported. “
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