Oakland Observer Week Ending 7/9/2023: OPD's License Plate Readers Went Down During Ransomware Attack, Then Stayed Down Due to OPD Decision to Keep Them Offline; Last Committees Before Summer Recess: Update 7/27/2023
OPD License Plate Reader System Has Been Inactive Since February
Oakland Police representatives revealed that the OPD's license plate reader system has been offline since February’s ransomware attack at a Privacy Advisory Commission [PAC] meeting Thursday. The February ransomware attack was responsible for shutting down the department&
