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Latest News

12.16.19	Unveiling of Ohio School Safety Center to Help Prevent School Violence
10.16.19	Cyberattacks now cost small companies $200,000 on average, putting many out of business
09.17.19	Snapchat notifies FBI of threat made towards Lakewood High School; former student taken into custody
09.09.19	Ohio political leaders hold security conference for religious institutions
09.04.19	Cyber-security experts warning against borrowing charging cables
08.29.19	Schools reviewing security policies ahead of high school football opening weekend
08.22.19	Gov. DeWine shares action plan to keep Ohio's schools safe
08.19.19	White nationalist arrested for alleged threat against Ohio Jewish community center
08.12.19	'If you see something, say something': Toledo attack was foiled by tipster Demand for Active Shooter Training Skyrockets in Wake of Recent Events Click for the ODPS Active Aggressor/Threat Preparedness Toolkit Law enforcement recommends developing family plan for active shooter situations
07.22.19	Slack Data Breach: Company Resets Thousands of Passwords Ransomware Attacks Grow Rampant, Paying Still Not a Good Option Man bounced from Cleveland Family Dollar returns and detonates makeshift explosive, police say
07.10.19	Indiana County Disabled by Malware Attack Vulnerability Gives Attackers Remote Access to Zoom Users' Cameras Franklin County coroner's office warns of recent spike in overdose deaths Secret Service outlines warning signs for mass attacks in US
07.02.19	PASS Guidelines Recognized by State, Federal School Safety Commissions
06.21.19	Florida City Pays $600,000 Ransom to Save Computer Records
06.17.19	Ohio elections chief orders security upgrade NSA Encourages patch updates for Microsoft Windows Dayton man sentenced to 15 years in prison Hackers Behind ‘Triton’ Malware Target Electric Utilities in US, APAC Ohio AG Dave Yost fighting against human trafficking
06.11.19	11 School Districts Plan Major Active Shooter Drill
06.06.19	2018 in numbers: Data breaches cost $654 billion, expose 2.8 billion data records in the U.S.
06.03.19	Using Public Wi-Fi? Your data can be hacked easily! Here’s How... New phishing campaign pretending to be from Office 365 Team Man pleads not guilty to California terrorist bombing plot Home repair scammers, fake charities targeting Ohio storm victims
05.31.19	Chinese Cyber-Spies Target Government Organizations in Middle East Online Graphic Design Tool "Canva" Hacked; 139M Accounts Stolen Six People Taken to Hospital After Fentanyl Exposure in Lorain County Jail
05.29.19	Finland Middle School closes due to social media threat
05.20.19	16 Arrested in Youngstown Area Undercover Child Sex Sting Police ID Teen Tackled after Bringing Gun to Oregon School
05.09.19	Cyberattack Cripples Baltimore's Government Computer Services Police Charge Man with "Act of Terrorism" after Fire Set Inside Ohio Walmart
05.01.19	Central Ohio schools offer students help through new hotline
04.30.19	Authorities Disrupt Alleged Terror Plot in Southern California
04.25.19	FBI Looking into Computer System Outages at Cleveland Hopkins Airport 8 Injured as Car Deliberately Hits Pedestrians in California

Terrorism Connections to Ohio

Ohio State University Attack – 2016
On November 28, 2016, A car ramming attack and mass stabbing occurred at the Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, Ohio. The attacker, Somali refugee Abdul Razak Ali Artan, was shot and killed by the first responding OSU police officer, and 11 people were hospitalized for injuries. According to authorities, Artan was inspired by terrorist propaganda from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

Mohamed Barry – 2016
Four people were injured in a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio on February 11, 2016, when a man with a machete attacked them at random. The assailant, Mohamed Barry, a native of the West African nation of Guinea, was killed after he led police on a car chase.

Cleveland Bomb Plot – 2012
Five men were arrested in April 2012 and accused of plotting to blow up a bridge near Cleveland.

Ahmed Hussein Mahamud – 2011
Ahmed Hussein Mahamud, a 26-year-old American citizen from Columbus, was charged in an indictment, unsealed in June 2011, with providing material support to Al Shabaab.

Hor & Amera Akl – 2010
Hor and Amera Akl, a married couple residing in Toledo, were arrested in 2010 and charged with providing material support to the designated terrorist organization Hizballah. In May 2011, the Akls pled guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

Jerry & Joe Kane – 2010
Jerry and Joe Kane, father and son anti-government extremists from Forest, were killed in a shoot-out with Arkansas law enforcement after they fatally shot two West Memphis police officers during a traffic stop on May 20, 2010.