OAKLAND – Oakland officials responded Monday to a threat of litigation from the Oakland Police Officers’ Association over what it said was a lack of response and transparency by the city following a ransomware attack last month.
The attack breached the data of at least several dozen police officers and additional disclosures are possible. The data breach also affected other current and/or former employees.
Police union officials want to know about the impacts to employees, what’s being done to mitigate those impacts and what’s being done to prevent the same thing from happening again.
“Oakland city leaders talk about accountability, yet there has been zero accountability and a deafening silence for the safety and financial security of the city’s valued employees,” Oakland Police Officers’ Association President Barry Donelan said in a statement.
“This city is truly broken when city employees learn more about the release of their confidential information from the media than their employer, whose incompetence and sloppy security allows these data breaches to occur,” Donelan added.
Monday afternoon, city officials say they are going to meet with the police union. The officials said they are grateful for employees as the city works to recover from the attack.
“Protecting the security of their personal information, and all data we maintain, is a top priority,” a spokesperson for the city said.
Attorney Rockne Lucia Jr., whose is representing the police union, sent a letter dated March 6 to former Oakland City Administrator G. Harold Duffey.
The letter asked how the city’s data was breached as well as what is being done to mitigate its impact and what is being done to prevent a future attack.
Then Lucia sent a letter March 20 to Mayor ..
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