Rhysida Demands $1.9M from Ohio State Government for Sensitive Exfiltrated Data
INCIDENT
The government of Columbus, Ohio shut down a large part of its IT systems for >10 days after ransomware attack. The Rhysida ransomware group claimed the attack and is threatening to leak 6.5 terabytes of exfiltrated information. The data allegedly contains emergency services data, access to city cameras and more.
Government email access has been restored after more than a week of outages. 911 as well as 311 have been able to remain operational throughout the recovery process. The city’s department of technology and outside experts are going through each technology system before they are brought back online.
Rhysida demand ransom of 30 BTC — about $1.9 million.
Incident Date
July 18, 2024
Location
Estimated Cost
$1.9M ransom demand; IT systems shut down
Victims
Type of Malware
No Malware identified