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North American School District Suffers Hacker Attack Resulting in Data Leak.

October 28, 2022

By: Leonardo Neri

The hacker group Vice Society has claimed responsibility for the attack on LAUSD (Los Angeles School District) with a 500GB leak of personally identifiable information on the DeepWeb. According to the TechCrunch Blog, the data improperly taken includes sensitive information such as Passport; Social Security Number; General Documents; Health Information; Covid-19 Tests; banking information, etc.

Although the hackers admitted to the crime, it was up to the District Superintendent, Alberto M. Carvalho, to confirm the information through an official note on Twitter: “Unfortunately, as expected, the data was recently released by a criminal organization. In partnership with the police, our experts are analyzing the full extent of this data release.”.

Alberto highlighted that the Hackers contacted the LAUSD Board of Directors requesting payment for ransom, which was promptly not accepted by the district group: “Paying a ransom never guarantees full data recovery, and Los Angeles Unified believes that public dollars are better spent on our students rather than capitulating to a nefarious and illicit crime syndicate.”

It is worth mentioning that this was not the first time that LAUSD suffered some form of invasion, in September 2022, the School zone suffered a Ransomware attack through the same procedure.  

The cybercriminal actions are frightening, since the school district in question is the second largest in the United States for students from kindergarten to 12th grade, with more than 600,000 students.

Finally, it is worth noting that LAUSD currently serves more than 1,000 schools, with more than 26,000 professionals, and the information may have been leaked. Furthermore, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is seeking more information about the incident, especially the exact number of people affected.

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