Hackers had threatened to release stolen data from the Los Angeles Unified School District if the public school system didn’t pay a ransom by Monday and they had attacked 27 school districts across the country as well as 28 colleges. Some had paid out ransoms while others didn’t not.
"Los Angeles Unified is not the first public school district that has been targeted and unfortunately, it will not be the last," district officials said on October 1st
District officials also had added that "This ransomware attack demonstrates vulnerabilities that leave school districts nationwide susceptible to the significant risk of disruption to instruction, home to school transportation or access to nutritious meals which are catastrophic for students and their learning." district officials
Today Hackers have released data which stolen in a cyberattack against the Los Angeles Unified School District, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho confirmed Sunday.
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"Unfortunately, as expected, data was recently released by a criminal organization," Carvalho said in a statement. "In partnership with law enforcement, our experts are analyzing the full extent of this data release."
The data was released Saturday -- two days before a deadline previously given by the hackers -- after Carvalho's stated refusal to pay ransom to an international hacking syndicate.
The group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack had previously set a Monday deadline for the district pay a ransom to the organization.
