Ohio auditor takes web server offline after October 25 attack
Original title: Ohio auditor: Cyber attack on state server carried out by possible ‘foreign state actors’
Keith Faber says monitoring quarantined the threat and he does not believe residents’ or local governments’ financial data is at risk.
Ohio Auditor Keith Faber said his office’s web server was attacked on October 25 by overseas cybercriminals and potentially foreign state actors. The office detected the activity with existing monitoring, quarantined it, and took the web server and online accounts offline for review by internal and external experts. Faber said there is no reason to believe Ohioans’ personal financial information, or financial data of counties, cities, villages and school districts, is at risk. Work continues on a temporary web platform while the permanent server stays offline, and the office does not expect residents to take protective action.
Unconfirmed: Attribution to overseas cybercriminals and possible foreign state actors is Faber’s statement, not a confirmed finding.
- The attack date given is October 25.
- Faber said the office usually does not deal directly with individual residents.
- A temporary web platform is being developed while the server remains offline.
- No stolen-data total or vulnerability is named.
Impact: Auditor web server and online accounts taken offline; no data theft confirmed
- Victims
- Ohio Auditor of State
- Countries
- United States
From the original article
3 min read at databreaches.netAvery Kreemer reports: Ohio Auditor Keith Faber announced that his office’s web server was attacked by “overseas cybercriminals and potentially foreign state actors,” prompting the state to temporarily take down the server. Faber said there’s no reason to believe Ohioans’ personal financial information is at risk as a result of the attack, which came on...
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