The ransomware gang published 500GB of stolen data to its leak site, but the site now appears to be down.
Last Friday, the ransomware gang known as Vice Society publicly claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened to publish files stolen in the attack. The threat actor initially gave the school district four days to pay a ransom before releasing the stolen files online, but LAUSD published a On September 5, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the United States, published a news release disclosing a ransomware attack on its internal systems. While LAUSD is far from the only school to have been hit by ransomware this year, the size of the school district has made this particular case a high profile one. Fortunately, LAUSD was able to overcome the disruptions caused by the attack relatively well, managing to continue classes the next day. However, the threat actor behind the ransomware attack wasn’t finished inflicting damage on the school district.Last Friday, the ransomware gang known as Vice Society publicly claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened to publish files stolen in the attack. The threat actor initially gave the school district four days to pay a ransom before releasing the stolen files online, but LAUSD published a news release that same day stating that it would not pay the ransom: “Paying ransom never guarantees the full recovery of data, and Los Angeles Unified believes public dollars are better spent on our students rather than capitulating to a nefarious and illicit crime syndicate.
