Group behind St. Paul cyberattack alleges posting 43 gigabytes of stolen data online, mayor says

The group behind the cyberattack on St. Paul has claimed to have posted online 43 gigabytes of data stolen from the city’s systems, Mayor Melvin Carter said Monday evening. 

IT workers were first made aware of “suspicious activity” on July 25 and moved systems offline shortly after to minimize damage, the city said. Carter said Monday that the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency posted an advisory three days before the breach about the group responsible.  

“The advisory describes a sophisticated, money-driven organization known for stealing and selling massive volumes of sensitive information from large corporations, hospitals and governments,” he said. “Operations that have resulted in stolen data measured in the terabytes.”

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