After the city of Columbus, Ohio, experienced a ransomware attack in July 2024 and disclosed the event, it sued a researcher who claimed the breach was more significant than the city let on. Ohio's largest city first fell victim to an attack on 18 July 2024 and quickly informed the public, claiming that it had stopped the attack before malware had infected its systems.
In early August 2024, the Rhysida ransomware gang leaked 3.1TB of data on its Tor-based site, information it claimed to have st
