Oakland is two months into a ransomware attack, which has put at least 4,300 current city employees and possibly thousands of former employees, at risk of being hacked.
"It's a really big thing, and I think it's really affected a lot of people's personal life in ways that, like being a city employee, you wouldn't expect. So I think for me, there could always be more communication, transparency and action," Khalilha Haynes, a City of Oakland employee said.Meanwhile, the city has been notifying employees who may have been compromised and offering a free one-year credit check to city staff.
"I'm equally upset, and obviously what is put out to the dark web cannot be taken back. I'm frustrated -- my information is out there as well too -- and so what we're going to do is, we have to be proactive," Thao said.Thao says with ongoing budget talks, they're looking at further investing in the city's IT systems to ensure this doesn't happen again.
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