Security News > 2024 > July > Dallas County: Data of 200,000 exposed in 2023 ransomware attack
Dallas County is notifying over 200,000 people that the Play ransomware attack, which occurred in October 2023, exposed their personal data to cybercriminals.
Dallas County is the second largest county in Texas, with over 2.6 million residents.
In October 2023, the Play ransomware gang added Dallas to its extortion portal on the dark web, threatening to leak data it stole during an attack on its systems, including private documents from various departments.
Yesterday, Dallas County posted an update about the incident on its website and sent data breach notices to 201,404 impacted individuals, including Dallas residents, employees, and others who interacted with its public services.
In November 2023, a Dallas County employee fell victim to a social engineering attack by business email compromise scammers and sent a fraudulent payment of $2,400,000.
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