{"id":197567,"date":"2026-03-20T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/cybersecurity-breach-disrupts-all-foster-city-services-except-emergency-response\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T04:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:25:10","slug":"cybersecurity-breach-disrupts-all-foster-city-services-except-emergency-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/cybersecurity-breach-disrupts-all-foster-city-services-except-emergency-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity breach disrupts all Foster City services except emergency response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/2026\/03\/20\/foster-city-cybersecurity-breach-state-of-emergency\/\">Cybersecurity breach disrupts all Foster City services except emergency response<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/2026\/03\/20\/foster-city-cybersecurity-breach-state-of-emergency\/\">https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/2026\/03\/20\/foster-city-cybersecurity-breach-state-of-emergency\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-20 04:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"localnewsmatters.org\">localnewsmatters.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n<p>Foster City is reporting a cybersecurity breach that occurred early Thursday and is \u201cwidely impacting city services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city did not provide many details on the nature of the breach but said all public services outside of emergency responses have been temporarily paused.<\/p>\n<p>The City Manager\u2019s Office is in the process of declaring a state of emergency that will allow the city to get financial help from outside agencies to respond to the breach, according to a statement issued by the city Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is possible that public information has been accessed in the breach, but that remains uncertain at this time,\u201d the city\u2019s statement said, adding that people who have done business with Foster City are encouraged to change passwords to protect their data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFoster City staff, with the assistance of outside cybersecurity experts, are working diligently to restore the integrity of the city\u2019s system and ensure there are no further security issues impacting services to our community,\u201d City Manager Stefan Chatwin said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN\u2019s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. 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