US local authority pays $1 million after data theft extortion
A US local government paid $1 million to the cybercrime group Kairos after being extorted with stolen data. The name of the affected local government has not been disclosed, and it has been suggested that it may be located in Ohio.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- $1 million extortion payment
- Cause / method
- Extortion for payment using stolen data
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It emerged that a US government body had paid Kairos $1 million in a data theft extortion case.
- It was suggested that the victim was an unnamed US local government possibly located in Ohio.
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