Credit monitoring offered to thousands after cyber attack

A letter went out this week to the more than 5,700 people whose information may have been accessed four months after a cyber attack took down multiple government systems in Huber Heights.

Those whose Social Security numbers were compromised have been offered free credit monitoring, though there is no evidence of any identity theft or financial fraud linked to the data breach, the city said.

The Nov. 12, 2023, cyber attack locked city employees out of systems they use and prompted the council to declare a state of emergency to give city leadership the authority and discretion to quickly restore local government function.

City council authorized expenditures up to $800,000 on recovery operations and long-term upgrades, which includes a rebuild of its cyber network. City Manager Rick Dzik has said the new equipment was on site and that the network rebuild was expected to be completed sometime in May.

An extensive forensic investigation and manual document review determined that one or more of the files accessed or acquired potentially contained personal information to a limited number of individuals, such as full names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or state identification numbers, medical or health insurance information and financial account information. What was accessed varied for each person, according to the release.

Dzik said previously that more than 5,700 people are believed to have had some data taken. Of those, 2,038 had information compromised to warrant monitoring.

Those with questions or need additional information about the data breach, to to determine whether they were affected and are eligible for free credit monitoring can call a toll-free response line at 855-457-5931 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays.