Columbus Ransomware Fallout, Over 500,000 Residents’ Data Exposed as City Grapples with Cybersecurity Crisis

The repercussions of the recent ransomware attack on Columbus continue to beset its citizens as a significant batch of stolen personal data has surfaced on the dark web. Following the cyber breach, which resulted in the exfiltration of over six terabytes of sensitive information from the city’s databases, impacted individuals grapple with the reality of their exposed data. A local mother, upon discovering her information within the compromised files, expressed her dismay in an interview with MYFOX28 Columbus, stating, “I didn’t take into consideration my stuff would be hacked,” and emphasized the urgency of erasure, “All my stuff needs to be erased.”

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