YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. — After a cyberattack released some McMinnville residents’ personal information, Newberg and Dundee officials said any city could be a target.
On Sept. 30, the city of McMinnville notified residents that a cyberattack revealed in July may have exposed their names, driver’s license numbers, and Social Security numbers on the internet, according to the News-Register in McMinnville. The hacking group RansomHouse claimed responsibility for the attack, which released the information on the dark web.
According to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, the dark web is a part of the internet where users can access unindexed web content, or web content that does not appear in search engines, anonymously through special web browsers…