Oakland officials say ransomware group may release personal data on Saturday

The government of Oakland acknowledged on Friday that the ransomware group responsible for the cyberattack on city systems is planning to publish the information it stole.

On Thursday evening, the Play ransomware group said it was behind the wide-ranging attack, writing on its leak site that it planned to publish sensitive stolen data on Saturday. 

The group claims it took “private and personal confidential data, financial, gov, etc. IDs, passports, employee full info, human rights violation information.”

Credit: Better Cyber …

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