Demand Issued in LAUSD Labor Day Weekend Ransomware Attack
Officials described the incident as"likely criminal in nature." The attack required all students and employees to change LAUSD passwords.
Carvalho said the district was attacked with a ransomware tool. Officials detected unusual activity on the Saturday night before Labor Day from an external entity, prompting the district to deactivate all its systems in what officials said was an unprecedented move. The attack temporarily interfered with the LAUSD website and email system. But officials said employee health care and payroll were not impacted, nor did the cyber incident impact safety and emergency mechanisms in place at schools.
A ransomware extortion attack in Albuquerque’s biggest school district forced schools to close for two days in January. That district's superintendent said the shift to remote learning during the pandemic offered more ways for hackers to access the district’s system. Ransomware cost American victims an estimated $1.4 billion in 2020, the first year of the pandemic. The attacks usually involve hackers breaking into private computer systems in an effort to encrypt or sometimes steal files to hold for ransom.
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