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Ohio auditor: Cyber attack on state server carried out by possible ‘foreign state actors’

Avery Kreemer reports: Ohio Auditor Keith Faber announced that his office’s web server was attacked by “overseas cybercriminals and potentially foreign state actors,” prompting the state to temporarily take down the server.

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Ohio auditor: Cyber attack on state server carried out by possible ‘foreign state actors’ (Oct 27, 2026).
Avery Kreemer reports: Ohio Auditor Keith Faber announced that his office’s web server was attacked by “overseas cybercriminals and potentially foreign state actors,” prompting the state to temporarily take down the server.
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DataBreaches.net: Ohio auditor: Cyber attack on state server carried out by possible ‘foreign state actors’: https://databreaches.net/2026/10/27/ohio-auditor-cyber-attack-on-state-server-carried-out-by-possible-foreign-state-actors/
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Record ID: databreaches-ohio-auditor-cyber-attack-on-state-server-carried-out-by-possible-foreign-state-actors-d10e87f7e4e9.
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