Oakley and Pleasant Hill hit with cyber threats

TLDR:

• Both Oakley and Pleasant Hill experienced cyber incidents
• Officials are still investigating the extent of the attacks

The cities of Oakley and Pleasant Hill recently faced cyber security incidents. Pleasant Hill detected a cyber intrusion targeting their servers and Oakley experienced a ransomware attack. The impacts of the attacks are still being investigated by authorities. While emergency services are not affected, there may be delays in non-emergency city services. Both cities are coordinating with law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals to address the situations and provide updates as more information becomes available.

Full Article:

The cities of Pleasant Hill and Oakley both experienced cyber security incidents on Thursday. Officials from the city of Pleasant Hill said Friday that their IT professionals detected a cyber intrusion that targeted the city’s computer servers Thursday afternoon and responded quickly to isolate the threat, but they don’t yet know the extent of the intrusion. The Pleasant Hill Police Department is investigating the incident. The city of Oakley was also hit Thursday afternoon. In response to a ransomware attack, the Oakley city manager declared a local state of emergency. Oakley’s IT department has taken affected systems offline and is coordinating with law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals to investigate how severe the problem is. While emergency services are not impacted, people should expect delays for non-emergency city services. “We are actively monitoring the situation and will provide updated information as it becomes available,” city officials said in a statement.