LAUSD reveals Vice Society ransomware gang stole contractors’ personal information

This week, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) revealed that the Vice Society ransomware gang had stolen files containing contractors’ personal information, including Social Security Numbers (SSNs) during a cyber attack that spanned over two months, between the 31st of July 2022, and the 3rd of September 2022.

“Through our ongoing investigation, we determined that between July 31, 2022, and September 3, 2022, an unauthorized actor accessed and acquired certain files maintained on our servers” Los Angeles Unified School District’s data breach notification letter.

During their investigation, the stolen files were determined after LAUSD discovered payroll records and other labour-related documents that included SSNs and impacted peoples’ names and home addresses. In response to the discovery of the stolen files, LAUSD is providing contractors and their employees with a one-year complimentary membership to Experian’s IdentityWorksSM that would help detect misuse of their information.