COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — NBC4 is getting new reactions from Columbus leaders about our reporting on the ransomware attack on the city and learning more about how victims can protect themselves.
It comes a day after NBC4 Investigates revealed the hack impacted the personal data of hundreds of thousands of private citizens, despite what leaders had been saying. Both the mayor and city attorney issued statements; we have included these at the bottom of this article.
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Some of the data, which our cybersecurity expert Connor Goodwolf showed NBC4 Investigates, comes right from the city attorney’s office and includes personal information about victims that now is on the dark web.
That private data, now exposed, also belongs to police officers who have been subpoenaed in city attorney cases as well as defendants. There was also information from people who’d experienced domestic violence.
“It’s not just physical safety. …