The hacked servers handle information about city payroll and human resources information. While the city does accept residents’ credit card information, it was not stored on the compromised servers, city officials previously said.
“It was just a remote encryption exploit,” Anderton told city leaders, according to the records. “Give us a little more time but it appears that we may have dodged a bullet.”
After investigation, Anderton told officials that “it appears the data was not copied from the server.”
Other cities also took note of the hacking of Middletown’s servers.
Documents show Hamilton Director of Strategy and Information Brandon Saurber emailed Middletown City Manager Doug Adkins to “to get a better understanding about anything we might want to keep an eye out for.”
Adkins told Saurber that a Hamilton employee could contact Anderton for more information.
Adkins declined further comment last week, including whether an outside consultant had examined what happened or had given advice about how to prevent similar issues in the future.
“Since no data was breached, we consider the matter closed and will have no further public comments on the matter,” he said. “As the matter is currently under police investigation, they will also be unable to offer additional comments at this time.
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