According to sources, City of Columbus (a Government organization in Ohio) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2024-11-04.
Source 1 | 2024-11-04
“The City of Columbus, Ohio, is notifying 500,000 individuals that their personal information was stolen in a July 2024 ransomware attack. “
“The incident occurred on July 18 and resulted in the city taking systems offline as a containment measure, which impacted multiple services. “
“In late July, the city announced that the attack was stopped before file-encrypting ransomware could be deployed on its systems. “
“The potentially compromised information, Columbus says, includes names, addresses, dates of birth, bank account information, driver’s license information, Social Security numbers, and other identifying information. “
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