"The public's safety is our highest priority, so we encourage members of our community to take precautions that would best assure the security of their personal information."
"Foster City staff, with the assistance of outside cyber security experts, are working diligently to restore the integrity of the City's system and ensure there are no further security issues impacting services to our community."
"In 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced about $375 million in additional funding to help protect state and local governments from cyberattacks, warning they faced increasingly sophisticated cyber threats to their critical infrastructure and public safety."
Foster City officials reported a ransomware attack that has disrupted nearly all government services and may have compromised public data. Emergency and non-emergency police lines were briefly offline but have since been restored. Officials plan to declare a state of emergency and advised individuals to change their usernames and passwords. City Manager Stefan Chatwin emphasized the importance of public safety and the efforts to restore system integrity. Smaller local governments are increasingly targeted by cyberattacks, prompting federal funding to enhance cybersecurity measures.
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