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City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack (arstechnica.com)
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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/16488072

A judge in Ohio has issued a temporary restraining order against a security researcher who presented evidence that a recent ransomware attack on the city of Columbus scooped up reams of sensitive personal information, contradicting claims made by city officials.

The order, issued by a judge in Ohio's Franklin County, came after the city of Columbus fell victim to a ransomware attack on July 18 that siphoned 6.5 terabytes of the city’s data. A ransomware group known as Rhysida took credit for the attack and offered to auction off the data with a starting bid of about $1.7 million in bitcoin. On August 8, after the auction failed to find a bidder, Rhysida released what it said was about 45 percent of the stolen data on the group’s dark web site, which is accessible to anyone with a TOR browser.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is what happens when idiots get into seats of power

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You have been permanently banned from c/Conservative.