If you haven't been following the ransomware attack in Columbus, the city has botched its response. The mayor failed to tell citizens anything for a while, and then when he did speak, he lied and said no citizens' data was stolen in the attack.
However, a local cybersecurity expert, Connor Goodwolf, examined the files released on the dark web and has been informing the media that, despite what the mayor said, the attackers posted a lot of sensitive citizen data.
Now, the city has successfully persuaded a judge to impose a restraining order on Goodwolf to keep him from talking to the media.
One of the worst local government responses to a ransomware attack.
Judge grants restraining order against cybersecurity expert who exposed the extent of city's data breach
https://www.10tv.com/video/news/local/judge-grants-restraining-order-against-cybersecurity-expert-who-exposed-extent-of-citys-data-breach/530-8482e5e1-ea3a-4eec-8c27-55c51a3f265e
Metacurity /
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2024-08-30 10:09:38
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2024-08-30 10:09:38Event JSON
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"content": "If you haven't been following the ransomware attack in Columbus, the city has botched its response. The mayor failed to tell citizens anything for a while, and then when he did speak, he lied and said no citizens' data was stolen in the attack.\n\nHowever, a local cybersecurity expert, Connor Goodwolf, examined the files released on the dark web and has been informing the media that, despite what the mayor said, the attackers posted a lot of sensitive citizen data.\n\nNow, the city has successfully persuaded a judge to impose a restraining order on Goodwolf to keep him from talking to the media.\n\nOne of the worst local government responses to a ransomware attack.\n\nJudge grants restraining order against cybersecurity expert who exposed the extent of city's data breach\nhttps://www.10tv.com/video/news/local/judge-grants-restraining-order-against-cybersecurity-expert-who-exposed-extent-of-citys-data-breach/530-8482e5e1-ea3a-4eec-8c27-55c51a3f265e",
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