The interim city administrator proclaimed a state of local emergency late Tuesday over last week’s ransomware attack against city government networks, infrastructure and communications system…
. More than 120,000 files related to the transit agency’s police force were ultimately posted to the dark web, including six unredacted reports detailing suspected child abuse, driver’s license numbers and mental health evaluations.
The declaration by interim city administrator G. Harold Duffey, in his capacity as director of the city’s emergency operations center, lets staff “expedite the procurement of equipment and materials, activate emergency workers if needed, and issue orders on an expedited basis, while we work to safely restore systems and bring our services back online,” theThe order also asks California Gov.
The emergency order will remain in effect for seven days, unless Oakland’s city council votes to ratify its existence.
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