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Oakland continues to work on recovery from ransomware attack; Play claims responsibility

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Dissent

As the City of Oakland  continues to work to recover from a ransomware attack that began on February 8 and that resulted in the city declaring a state of emergency on February 14,  the Play ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Listing on Play's dark web leak site threatens to publish Oakland's data on March 4. Listing on Play's dark web leak site for Oakland does not reveal how much data the attackers claim to have acquired, but comments: "comment: Private and personal confidential data, financial, gov and etc. IDs, passports, employee full info, human rights violation information."

Play does not indicate how much data they acquired, but threaten to start dumping it tomorrow (March 4). They claim to have: “Private and personal confidential data, financial, gov and etc. IDs, passports, employee full info, human rights violation information.”

Category: Government SectorMalwareU.S.

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