500,000 Affected in Columbus Data Breach, Followed by Lawsuit Against Security Researcher

In July 2024, the City of Columbus, Ohio, experienced a ransomware attack that exposed the personal information of approximately 500,000 residents. While officials quickly took systems offline to contain the incident and reported halting the attack before ransomware encryption could be deployed, stolen data soon surfaced on the dark web. The city later filed a […]

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