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Hackers release stolen LAUSD [CA] data ahead of ransom deadline
KTLA ^ | Oct 2, 2022 / | Travis Schlepp

Posted on 10/02/2022 4:39:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The hackers had claimed to have stolen more than 500 gigabytes of data from the school district during last month’s hack, although authorities have not yet verified that claim.

The crime group originally set Monday as the deadline for the school district to pay a ransom to keep the data off of the internet, but the data was published ahead of time late Saturday night.

The motive for publishing two days ahead of the established deadline appears to be related to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho publicly announcing that the school district would not pay any ransom to the hackers.

The attack and system outage was first reported on Sept. 5, and caused cybersecurity experts and information technology employees to shut down systems in an attempt to remove any traces of the hack.

School resumed following a scheduled day off, at which point the district required IT passwords to be reset in person.

The full extent of the hack remains unclear, but Carvalho has indicated that employee health care and payroll have apparently been impacted.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: education; hackers; hacking; lausd; ransom; release

1 posted on 10/02/2022 4:39:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

The dreaded “Permanent Records” have been released.


2 posted on 10/02/2022 6:33:30 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: BenLurkin

“Employee health care and payroll have apparently been impacted.” Boring. “Dogpile dot com” tells us almost as much with little effort.


3 posted on 10/02/2022 8:49:19 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t know what the administrators are doing but they certainly cannot run schools.


4 posted on 10/03/2022 1:25:59 AM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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