COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — This week marks one year since a ransomware group hit the City of Columbus with a massive cyberattack.
Systems went down and there were very few answers; Mayor Andrew Ginther said the data that was stolen lacked value. Then NBC4 Investigates, with the help of a whistleblower, found half a million people’s private, sensitive information, including the identities of undercover officers and crime victims, were leaked onto the dark web.
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NBC4 Investigates broke this story and keeps following it, now speaking with a man who says this attack has impacted every aspect of his life with no end in sight. Some victims shared a sense of fear and disappointment in the city, while others felt the attack firsthand, with criminals attempting to destroy their credit.
However, for one man, it’s been taken to the extreme. He believes he’s a victim of the ransomware attack against the city and said he hasn’t felt like there’s been any accountability…