Breaches and incidents
Ohio Auditor of State: overseas cyberattack on web server, web server and online accounts taken offline
WSYX reported on 27 Oct 2026 that “An overseas cyberattack targeted the Ohio Auditor of State’s Office web server on Sunday”.
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What happened
- WSYX reported on 27 Oct 2026 that “An overseas cyberattack targeted the Ohio Auditor of State’s Office web server on Sunday”; per News 5 Cleveland, “The web server and online accounts were taken offline while experts assessed the threat.”
- Root cause: not disclosed; Auditor Keith Faber said “This was not a ransomware attack” and that the threat was detected and quarantined by the office’s monitoring.
- Faber attributed it to “cybercriminals and potentially foreign state actors”; no group named.
- Faber said there was “no evidence that personal financial information of Ohio residents was accessed”, that “we still have all the data we had before the attack”, and that state and federal law enforcement are involved; per News 5, a grace period was offered to audit clients with online payment problems and a temporary web platform was planned.