COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — The director of the Columbus Department of Technology gave an update Monday night, showing slight progress in the city’s recovery efforts against the ransomware attack that hit in late July.
It was a very brief update during Monday’s City Council meeting: this week, the Department of Technology is focused on restoring internet and employee remote access. The director shared that the goal is to have the internet fully restored this week.
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“City departments have limited access to the internet using either wi-fi connectivity in city buildings or the websites we have specifically permitted to be accessed,” the Director of the Department of Technology Sam Orth said.
Orth shared that tests were happening throughout Monday and would continue after the meeting to ensure the internet is safe to fully restore…