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Resident urges delay, stricter rules for Mount Vernon cybersecurity ordinance after 2022 ransomware
Summary
A resident criticized the proposed cybersecurity ordinance, citing gaps in the city's response to a December 2022 ransomware incident and urging clearer deadlines, reporting requirements and enforcement before the ordinance takes effect.
Joshua Morrison, a Third Ward resident, told the Mount Vernon City Council on Sept. 22 that the city’s proposed cybersecurity ordinance lacks clear timelines, enforcement and public-notification requirements and should be revised before taking effect. Morrison said the city suffered a ransomware attack in December 2022 attributed to the LockBit group and criticized the city’s response and the proposed ordinance’s provisions. “Backups were attacked as well. Complete data was lost. Recovery was delayed,” he said, and added that a $24,000 bitcoin payment was authorized through a third party to retrieve city data but that “we don't know what we got for it.” The ordinance under consideration is framed to comply with Ohio Revised Code section 9.64. At the meeting, Council Member Mahan gave the…
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