Oakland issued a local state of emergency due to “ongoing impacts” of network outages caused by ransomware.
Oakland Interim City Administrator G Harold Duffey on Tuesday issued a local state of emergency due to"ongoing impacts" of network outages caused by ransomware, the city announced on Twitter.
A ransomware attack occurs when someone encrypts files and demands ransom to decrypt them. The encryption makes the files and the systems that rely on them unusable, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The emergency declaration will assist with equipment and materials and the activation of emergency workers as the city seeks to safely restore its systems.
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