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and we start with breaking news at 5
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we're learning more about the
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information leaked onto the dark web
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after cyber criminals hacked into the
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city of Columbus's database T Tara Jabor
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has been on this story since we first
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told you about it back in July so Tara
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now well Angela and Yolanda we just got
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this information from the city of
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Columbus a little bit over an hour ago
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and now we know that protected health
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information is a part of this Cyber
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attack the city of Columbus says that
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about a thousand people are affected by
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this and they say it comes from the
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division of fires database now your
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information could have been exposed if
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you called an ambulance and there were
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records including notes about Emergency
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Medical Services names date of birth
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addresses notes of the service provided
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and in some cases Social Security
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numbers now the city found out about
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this information and that it was out
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there on December 12th so that was
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almost a month ago that database also
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holds medical records Financial account
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information and other sensitive data but
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as of now there's no evidence that that
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was exposed if your information is
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exposed then the city of Columbus will
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send you a letter again we're learning
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that about a thousand people's health
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information was exposed on the dark web
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from that Cyber attack of course keep
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you updated when we learn more
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information but for now reporting live
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in Downtown Columbus Tara Jabor TV news
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Tara thank you now just remember you can
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still sign up for that free credit
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monitoring until the end of March simply
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