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We do have new information now about how
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Ohio is trying to stop hackers from
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stealing your personal information and
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your tax dollars. New cyber security
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rules for local governments go into
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effect this fall. All thanks to a bill
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passed by the state legislature. And
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this comes after a string of cyber
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attacks, including one that shut down
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Cleveland Municipal Court this year.
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News5 investigator Sarah Butison covered
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that attack. She's following through
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tonight. And Sarah, there's a there's a
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list of new requirements here. There is
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a list and it affects every local
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government in Ohio, whether it's a
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county, city, or town. They're now
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required to adopt a cyber security
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program. The program should include how
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they will protect taxpayer data and
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computer systems and plan to respond to
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an attack. Local governments must now
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also notify the state about cyber
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attacks so they can track the incidents
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and provide cyber security training each
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year to all of their employees. The new
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law also says if a local government is
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hacked, it cannot pay ransom unless
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their legislative body approves a payout
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during a public meeting. The Ohio
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Auditor's press secretary, David
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Roarbach, says following the new rules
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is critical to protect public money and
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your personal information from cyber
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They're not only handling public funds,
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they're also handling taxpayer records,
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personally identifiable information. And
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we want to make sure that those public
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dollars are protected from cyber
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criminals so that they're going towards
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the functions that they need to be going
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toward to protect the public.
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The new rules follow a series of cyber
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attacks around Ohio. The auditor's
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office says there have been at least 235
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and that does include a cyber attack at
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Cleveland Municipal Court in February
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and Cleveland City Hall last summer.
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Both of those attacks shut down city
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services for days. I reached out to the
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city of Cleveland about the state's new
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rules, and Rob, here is what they told
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me. In an email, they said that for the
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most part, all of the requirements were
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already in place or being implemented in
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That's this is big news. This is big.
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Those cyber attacks affected so many
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people in the state and now there's
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going to be something done about it.
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Thank you for staying on top of that for
