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Columbus ransomware exposed 500,000 residents
Columbus said Rhysida's attack exposed data on more than 500,000 current and former residents.
- Organisation
- City of Columbus, Ohio
- Disclosed
- 3 November 2024
- Affected
- 500,000
- Data
- Names, SSNs, emergency services data
- Attacker
- Rhysida
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM-Alliance ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Columbus ransomware exposed 500,000 residents”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 3 Nov 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-11-03-city-of-columbus-ohio-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM-Alliance, https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/november-2024-recent-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks.
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