Security News > 2022 > September > Vice Society claims LAUSD ransomware attack, theft of 500GB of data
The Vice Society gang has claimed the ransomware attack that hit Los Angeles Unified, the second largest school district in the United States, over the weekend.
The Vice Society operation told BleepingComputer that they were responsible for the LAUSD ransomware attack but said they would not provide any proof of the attack until they published an entry on their data leak site.
"We have 500 gb of data from their network," a Vice Society representative later told BleepingComputer on Thursday evening but refused to provide proof of the stolen data.
While the Los Angeles school district is yet to link the incident to a specific ransomware group, the day it disclosed the ransomware attack, the FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC also published a joint advisory warning of Vice Society disproportionately targeting the U.S. education sector.
"The FBI, CISA, and the MS-ISAC have recently observed Vice Society actors disproportionately targeting the education sector with ransomware attacks."
Vice Society is known for having used multiple ransomware strains in their attacks, including HelloKitty/Five Hands and Zeppelin ransomware.
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