The City of Columbus, Ohio, confirmed that 500,000 residents were affected by a July 18 ransomware attack by the Rhysida gang. The city also dropped its lawsuit against security researcher David Leroy Ross Jr., who had allegedly downloaded city data from the dark web and threatened to share it, claiming that it was the right thing to do as Ross was simply exposing misrepresentations. The city remained unaware of any misuse of the stolen personal information.
Banking Malware Infects 248,000 Mobile Users Through Social Engineering Techniques
The number of users affected by mobile banking malware surged nearly 3.6-fold in 2024. The Mamont Trojan, primarily targeting users in Russia and CIS countries,
