Oct 21, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Three months after a ransomware attack hit the city of Columbus, the Department of Technology is still working to get systems back online.  The attack happened in late July and put hundreds of thousands of people’s private information on the dark web.  Bill would create felony for anyone in Ohio illegally The Columbus Department of Technology said a breach report is coming by the end of October. The report would outline the extent of the attack and what was stolen. However, just 10 days from the end of the month and the Department of Technology has not given a date it expects to release that report.  In September, the deparment said its goal was to have it released by the end of October;  during an update on Monday, department leaders said they hoped to have it done by the end of the year.  A Columbus City Council meeting update on Monday, including questions from Councilmember Nick Bankston, lasted about six and a half minutes, with the director of the Department of Technology sharing that an additional two percent of the city’s systems have been restored since the last update.  "We have restored 74% of our systems at this point in time and as I mentioned, our focus right now, our primary focus is restoration of the internet,” Director of the Columbus Department of Technology Sam Orth said. “I really can't give you a timeline on that, but I hope to have that done very soon.”  Orth said that the most critical city systems are up and running.  “The ones that are remaining are the more, the less used systems at this point,” he said. “That doesn't mean that they're not important. Certainly, they are important. We will continue to do everything we can to get them online as soon as we can.”  Owners of Columbus bar that closed without warning sued by former employee The breach report will include what was accessed and stolen during the attack.  "We expect to have it before the end of the year or sooner when it is done,” Orth said. “That's really all I can tell you at this point in time.”  "That is our top priority as a council so that we can have a formal public hearing to be able to ask the necessary questions," Councilmember Nick Bankston said.   Orth has again declined an NBC4 interview request both before and after his presentation to council.   Orth said more than 16,500 people have signed up for free credit monitoring. The deadline to sign up for it through the city is Nov. 29. 
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