Columbus hit by cybersecurity ‘incident’

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The city of Columbus is working to restore its cybersecurity systems unrelated to Friday’s global CrowdStrike outage.

In a statement released Monday, the city said it first noticed the “incident” on Thursday, with the city’s IT department acting quickly to limit the city’s potential exposure, which included severing internet connectivity.

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The city said some resident-facing IT services are out of service due to the incident and that it may take time for those to be restored. The city did not say what those affected services are.

“We’re going to restore systems and put them back in place as quickly as we can, as long as we know they’re safe and secure,” Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said Tuesday. “Public safety, public health, public utilities will be some of those first systems you’ll see being restored to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to provide basic city services the way the people of Columbus deserve and expect.”

“However, the city’s 911 and 311 systems, as well as employee payroll, remain operational,” the city said.

In the statement, the city said it is working with law enforcement and cybersecurity experts to limit further risks.

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