MIAMI – Dark web hackers recently stole data belonging to the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami and forced the nonprofit to hire cybersecurity specialists.
The nonprofit organization experienced a cyberintrusion on Nov. 28 and law enforcement reported on Dec. 18 that the data was for sale on the dark web, according to the archdiocese.
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“We have no evidence that the stolen data was sold,” Peter Routsis-Arroyo, the organization’s chief executive officer, wrote in a recent letter to the board of directors.
Routsis-Arroyo also reported that the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami did not pay any ransom.
Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.