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• @katyashanahan Katy Shanahan on x

  Using this as an opportunity to remind Cbus residents & nonresidents concerned w/ their personal info having gotten hacked & shared with on the dark web to sign up for the city's (not at all well advertised lol) monitoring & protection services by Nov 29: https://www.columbus.gov…

• @shillcockgeorge George Shillcock III on x

  Note: This was filed in civil, not criminal court. Mayor Ginther has made multiple statements implying Goodwolf's actions are criminal.

• @reporterbush Bill Bush on x

  https://www.dispatch.com/... City goes after guy who informed public of the true massiveness of city's data loss of sensitive citizen information. Still unclear of he knows more than they do about what they did, since no city official is talking about what the details of what hap…

• @dc_dewitt David DeWitt on x

  This is screwed up. A whistleblower showed the city of Columbus wasn't being honest about the extent of the data leak, and to prove it, he showed reporters how anybody could access all that data on the dark web, and now the city is going after him legally? https://www.dispatch.co…

• @hackingdave Dave Kennedy on x

  I hope this decision gets reversed and soon. For @MayorGinther - the targeting of @cgoodwolf is not a good look. The data was/is already public and accessible to anyone that has a TOR browser. The data is already exposed and gone. Targeting security researchers for

• @shillcockgeorge George Shillcock III on x

  BREAKING: Columbus seeks restraining order to block cybersecurity expert Connor Goodwolf from releasing data from hack Press conference is about to begin at 2:45 pm. https://www.wosu.org/...

• @randyludlow Randy Ludlow on x

  City of Columbus has asked for restraining order stopping a local computer guru from telling the public what's really going on with data theft. https://www.dispatch.com/...

• @shillcockgeorge George Shillcock III on x

  UPDATE: City Attorney Zach Klein told reporters today the city is seeking this restraining order on Connor Goodwolf to prevent him from disclosing more data from the dark web “This is personal, confidential information. This is investigatory records.” https://www.wosu.org/...

• @katyashanahan Katy Shanahan on x

  What's also screwed up is how little info Columbus “leaders” have given to us about any of it. Not a single public post from city council members, nothing (really) from the mayor except initial lies about the impact, but time to go after the one person actually sharing facts? 🤔

• @laceycrisp Lacey Crisp on x

  City of Columbus sues cybersecurity expert who exposed extent of data breach The cybersecurity expert, Connor Goodwolf, has spoken with 10TV and other media outlets in the last few weeks detailing what information is on the dark web. https://www.10tv.com/...

• @laceycrisp Lacey Crisp on x

  City of Columbus sues cybersecurity expert who exposed extent of data breach The cybersecurity expert, Connor Goodwolf, has spoken with 10TV and other media outlets in the last few weeks detailing what information is on the dark web. https://www.10tv.com/...

• r/technology r on reddit

  City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack