Hackers release 1.3M files of Oregon DEQ data

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

Oregon DEQ has been under an intense cyber attack over the past few weeks, freezing much of their operations.  Today it was announced that teh hackers released 1.3 million files of data on the dark web.

OPB reports, “a well-known and advanced ransomware group called Rhysida had already released 1.3 million files amounting to 2.4 terabytes on the dark web, a part of the internet that’s only accessible through special software.They think their data hasn’t been stolen. They’re sorely mistaken. Over 2.5 terabytes of unique data. (SQL, employee data and more) We tried to contact them, but they chose to ignore us. And now their files have been released. Not sold data was uploaded, hunters, enjoy”The landing page for ransomware group Rhysida, which is only accessible through a dark web browser, indicated that a portion of files stolen from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality had been sold, and the rest was left available for download..”  Read more here.