An international hacking syndicate that’s claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on LAUSD has reportedly begun releasing some of the information it claims to have stolen.
that the information released over the weekend included some confidential psychological evaluations of students, contract and legal documents, business records and numerous database entries. Some of the data appeared to contain personal identifying information, including Social Security numbers, the source told the news station.
News began circulating Friday that the district had been given a deadline of 4 p.m. Monday to pay a ransom to the group responsible for the cyberattack. LAUSD officials have not disclosed the amount of the ransom demand, though some districts who have been in similar situations have paid upwards of $1 million in the past, according to Doug Levin, national director of K12 Security Information eXchange, a nonprofit that tracks cybersecurity threats among school districts throughout the United States.
“If they were to pay the ransom, the most they would receive is a pinky promise from Vice Society that the data would be destroyed. There is no way of knowing whether they would actually do that,” he said, noting that some organizations that have paid ransom demands in the past ended up being extorted a second time.
The organization is responsible for hacking into at least eight other school districts and colleges or universities this year,. He also noted that at least 27 school districts and 28 colleges in the country in all have been hit by ransomware in 2022. Of those instances, at least 36 had their stolen data released online, he said.
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