State Journal government reporter/Kentucky Open Government Coalition co-director Austin Horn denied access to records relating to recent City of Frankfort IT breach:

"Scant information has surfaced regarding a hack into the City of Frankfort's IT servers since news first broke of the breach a month ago.

"No more came as a result of a round of open records requests filed by The State Journal for more information regarding the ransomware attack and the overall security of the city's servers.

"Three open records requests were denied last week based on Kentucky statute exemptions related to 'a terrorist act' and attorney-client privilege.

"Two open records experts and advocates have called the city's denial 'nowhere close to sufficient' per state statute, particularly as it relates to a request asking for emails related to the security of Frankfort servers prior to when the hack was discovered."