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In this video, we delve into the recent cyber attack on Columbus, exploring the timeline of events, the city's response, and the ongoing investigation. Stay informed about this critical issue affecting thousands of residents and their personal information. #ColumbusCyberAttack #DataBreach #CyberSecurity #InformationLeak #TechNews #CyberInvestigation #TerryTabor #DigitalThreats #CityResponse #OnlineSafety
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new data showing how common and how
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devastating cyber attacks are becoming
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across the country according to a new
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report from IBM the global average cost
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of a data breach is $4.8 million this
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year that's a 10% increase from last
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year and according to Forbes 2023 saw a
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72% increase in data breaches since 2021
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the rise comes as Columbus is dealing
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with its own Cyber attack of course that
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leaked hundreds of thousands of people's
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information to the dark web ttb was
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first to tell tell you about the attack
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one month ago yesterday ttv's ter Jabor
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looks at the timeline and where that
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investigation stands now here's what we
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know the city of Columbus says on July
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18th the city severed its internet
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connection to reduce the threat to what
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the city called a potential malicious
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link on July 22nd ttv's Lacy crisp was
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the first to tell you about the impact
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of the Cyber hack less than 10 days
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later TTV learned the bank accounts for
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at least two Columbus police officers
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had been hacked the next day cyber
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experts said that the hacker group R was
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demanding a nearly $2 million Ransom the
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group claimed they stole 6 and a half
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terabytes of city data the next day the
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city offered free credit monitoring to
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all city employees on August 7th the
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hacker group claims they made 45% of the
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city's data they obtained public just 2
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Days Later the first class action
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lawsuit was filed against the city it
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was filed on behalf of Columbus police
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officers a few days later Columbus mayor
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Andrew gther spoke to tentv here's what
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he said when we asked about what type of
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data was on the dark web we believe that
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the screenshots of the data files are
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the most compelling asset they had but
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that sensitive files were either
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encrypted or
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corrupted uh making them totally uh
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unusable just hours after mayor Ginther
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interviewed with 10TV a cyber security
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expert came forward claiming he was able
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to download hundreds of thousands of
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people's private information off the
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dark web including people who visited
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city hall and Crime Victims two days
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later tentv asked mayor Ginther if he
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lied and asked about transparency I
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shared the best information that I had
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at the time based on reports and
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confirmation from cyber Security Experts
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one day later the city expands free
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credit monitoring to all Columbus
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residents and anyone who believes they
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could be impacted the next day Saturday
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almost one month after the Cyber attack
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the mayor admits citizens information
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was exposed in the data leak we believe
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that uh it is safe to assume that other
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information uh personal identifiable
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information uh will will be out there
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two days later a cyber security expert
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finds even more people's information on
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the dark web and on August 20th a second
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class action lawsuit was filed against
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the city this time on behalf of all
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Columbus firefighters and police
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officers that was ttv's Terry jaor with
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that look back and today we are learning
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more than 7,400 people have now signed
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up for that free credit monitoring
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through the city to sign up for that
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credit monitoring text the word hack to
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that number on your screen
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