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What is more alarming 🤯 is the unstructured data (files and other information not stored in secure databases) was stolen. That included deeply personal medical reports such as psychological assessments of students. Screenshots from the listing also showed information from the city agency’s payroll, human resources, and accountancy files.

Summary: TechCrunch reported seeing the listing on the darkweb and LockBit’s claimed the breach. Hackers love to prey on vulnerable organizations. Local governments and nonprofits are known to have treasure troves of data and information and less cybersecurity resources than other organizations. LA is facing the reality that over 15 terabytes of data was exfiltrated from the HACLA (Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles).

Hackers claim ransomware attack on Los Angeles housing authority LockBit is threatening to publish stolen files, including data on families who sought housing assistance from city authorities.

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