"City of Oakland Hit by Ransomware Attack"

The City of Oakland, California, recently announced that it was forced to take some systems offline after falling victim to a ransomware attack.  The cyberattack started last Wednesday night and led to network outages due to systems being disconnected from the internet.  The city noted that while voicemail and other non-emergency services are experiencing interruptions or have been taken offline, no critical or emergency services, such as 911 and fire departments, have been impacted.  Oakland’s IT team is currently working with the authorities to investigate the incident and restore the affected services, but no information has been provided on when the impacted systems will be fully functional.  While the city has disclosed that ransomware was used in the cyberattack, it did not provide information on the type of ransomware used, nor did it say whether the incident resulted in any data theft.

SecurityWeek reports: "City of Oakland Hit by Ransomware Attack"