COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther's office announced Friday that it will be offering credit monitoring to all residents and individuals impacted by the city's recent data breach.
The city says it will offer free Experian credit monitoring to those whose information may have been stolen in the cyberattack.
Starting Friday, all Columbus residents and non-residents whose personal information was shared with the city or municipal court will be able to sign up for two years of free Experian monitoring. This includes $1 million of protection against fraud and identity theft.
To sign up, go to www.columbus.gov/cyber or call 1-833-918-5161 with the code B129833 by Nov. 29.
“While this criminal attack on our city’s IT infrastructure is a complex and rapidly changing situation, we will continue to provide information as quickly and as transparently as possible as this investigation continues. Our understanding of this situation has evolved by the hour, and as such, we will continue to report only what our cybersecurity experts and IT team are able to verify without undermining this active criminal investigation," Ginther said.
Two weeks ago, the city announced that it was offering its employees credit monitoring after the July cyberattack.