Huber Heights Under Siege: Ransomware Attack Hits 5,000+ Residents

It has been reported in the Dayton suburb of Huber Heights, Ohio this week that the city’s computer system was disabled by a ransomware attack last November, and new details have emerged about that attack. The city manager, Rick Dzik, told the Dayton Daily News, last November when the city’s zoning, engineering, tax, finance, utilities, human resources, and economic development divisions were disrupted by the ransomware attack, that compromised the personal information of nearly 6,000 people. 

It was Dzik who discovered how extensive the attack was by reading a report provided to the city on Friday by the company which had been tasked with investigating the incident. If 2,038 individuals were sufficiently affected by the theft of information to require further monitoring, the city’s insurance provider will contact them and offer credit monitoring services free of charge to those individuals. 

It has been approved by the council that up to $800,000 will be available for recovery operations, including re-establishing the cyber network. To keep your information safe online, PC Matic’s identity theft protection and Dark Web Monitoring tools will help protect your privacy online. The equipment will be on-site within 120 days, and the network will be rebuilt in the same time frame. 

In addition to comprehensive monitoring of bank and credit card activities, Social Security Numbers

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