More info on the cyberattack on the City of Columbus

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https://democraticunderground.com/10719236

Title--Klein seeks to suppress cyber whistleblower's efforts to warn of leaked city data

(Klein is the City Attorney)

Source-https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/08/29/data-hack-columbus-restraining-order-cyber-security-expert-david-ross/74998593007/

snip-" A Franklin County judge on Thursday afternoon granted the city of Columbus a temporary restraining order against a cybersecurity expert who has been telling the media about the public impact of the ransomware attack on city government.

Franklin County Common Pleas County Judge Andria C. Noble approved the temporary restraining order, which bars cybersecurity expert David L. Ross Jr., who goes by "Connor Goodwolf," "from accessing, and/or downloading, and/or disseminating" any of the files stolen from the city that were posted to the dark web."

snip-"Goodwolf has been alerting the public through the media that personal information of not only city employees but public citizens — including driver's license and Social Security information in some cases — was among that hacked from the city and posted online when the city refused to pay. The files include information on crime victims such as those of domestic violence, personal information about Columbus police officers, including
undercover police officers."

snip-"Ross has single-handedly shown Mayor Andrew Ginther's statements to be incorrect about the extent of damage done after Rhysida, a foreign cybercrime organization, hacked the city's server farm and demanded a $1.7 million or 30 bitcoin ransom to keep the information off the dark web. The hack was discovered in July by the city, which refused to pay the monetary ransom."

More at source

I'm betting something is going on privately & City Hall is very annoyed