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Los Angeles Unified School District investigates data theft claims

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) officials are investigating a threat actor's claims that they're selling stolen databases containing records belonging to millions of students and thousands of teachers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 06, 2024
- 06:44 PM
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LA County Health Services: Patients' data exposed in phishing attack

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services disclosed a data breach after thousands of patients' personal and health information was exposed in a data breach resulting from a recent phishing attack impacting over two dozen employees.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 25, 2024
- 03:55 PM
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LA housing authority discloses data breach after ransomware attack

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) is warning of a "data security event" after the LockBit ransomware gang targeted the organization and leaked data stolen in the attack.
- Bill Toulas
- March 13, 2023
- 03:51 PM
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Ransomware gang leaks data stolen from LAUSD school system

The Vice Society Ransomware gang published data and documents Sunday morning that were stolen from the Los Angeles Unified School District during a cyberattack earlier this month.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 02, 2022
- 05:51 PM
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Vice Society claims LAUSD ransomware attack, theft of 500GB of data

The Vice Society gang has claimed the ransomware attack that hit Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the United States, over the weekend.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 09, 2022
- 10:49 AM
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DoppelPaymer Ransomware hits Los Angeles County city, leaks files

The City of Torrance of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, California, has allegedly been attacked by the DoppelPaymer Ransomware, having unencrypted data stolen and devices encrypted.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 21, 2020
- 04:34 PM
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U.S. Superior Court Systems Hacked to Spread Phishing Emails

A Texas man was sentenced today to 145 months in federal prison for hacking the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) computer system and using its servers to deliver around 2 million malspam emails.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 22, 2019
- 05:27 PM
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LAPD Data Breach Exposes Personal Info of Roughly 2.5K Officers

The Los Angeles Police Department has suffered a data breach that has reportedly exposed the names, email addresses, passwords, and birth dates for police officers and applicants.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 29, 2019
- 07:35 PM
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