The mayor of Ohio’s capital city says data recently stolen by hackers was unusable and that no personal information about city workers was made available online. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther confirmed Tuesday that the data breach occurred and noted that the city never received a ransom request.
COLUMBUS , Ohio — Hackers recently stole data from Ohio ’s largest city, but what they got was not usable and no personal information about city workers was made available online, the mayor said.
The group initially claimed to have 6.5 terabytes of stolen data — including log-in information, emergency service files and city camera access — that it unsuccessfully put up for auction. But Ginther said the city’s forensics indicated the group had far less data than that, and that its screenshots posted to the dark web were “the most compelling asset” it had.
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