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Tag: ransomware

Bronze lettering that spells "City of Oakland" resting above a glass doorway. The address number 150 is above the letters. The sign is surrounded by windows, and above it a sliver of stone wall is visible. Buildings are reflected in the windows.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Oakland gets sued after ransomware hack

White man with long hair in a bun, around age 30, stands with his arms crossed. by Eli Wolfe May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

City workers exposed in the cyberattack demand compensation, and at least one has filed a class action lawsuit

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Hackers leaked a second, larger set of stolen city files on the dark web

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham April 5, 2023April 4, 2023

Numerous additional files stolen from Oakland during a ransomware attack were published this week, sources say.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Oakland ransomware hackers dumped gigabytes of sensitive city files on the web

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

City employees’ personal information, whistleblower files, police investigations, banking information, included in criminal leak.

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Ransomware hackers stole city of Oakland files, plan to leak sensitive data

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham March 3, 2023March 6, 2023

Oakland officials acknowledged Friday that an ongoing ransomware attack involves the theft of city records.

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What is a ransomware attack? An expert explains.

Ricky Rodas headshot by Ricky Rodas March 1, 2023March 2, 2023

As Oakland struggles to get systems online, we asked a cybersecurity expert about what makes cities vulnerable, and who’s often behind the attacks.

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As Oakland braces for winter storms, ransomware attack has partially downed 311 system

Ricky Rodas headshotAvatar photo by Ricky Rodas and Jose Fermoso February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

The city’s call center for non-emergency services, OAK311, is experiencing an outage.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Ransomware attack: some city of Oakland services are back online while recovery work continues

Ricky Rodas headshot by Ricky Rodas February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

The city remains tight-lipped about the cyber attack.

City Hall and Frank Ogawa Plaza.
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Ransomware attack causes Oakland to declare local state of emergency

Ricky Rodas headshot by Ricky Rodas February 15, 2023February 15, 2023

A cyberattack that began Feb. 8 has taken several of the city’s non-emergency systems offline.

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