Security News > 2022 > December > LockBit claims attack on California's Department of Finance
The Department of Finance in California has been the target of a cyberattack now claimed by the LockBit ransomware gang.
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services has confirmed that the Department of Finance has been affected by a cyber incident but did not provide too many details.
The state of California says that state funds remained unaffected by the attack.
On Monday, the LockBit ransomware gang posted on their leak site that they had breached the Department of Finance of the state of California and stole databases, confidential data, financial documents, and IT documents.
To prove their claim, the hackers published a few screenshots of files they allegedly exfiltrated from the systems of the Department of Finance in California.
In October, a 33-year-old Russian national suspected to be connected to the LockBit ransomware gang was arrested in Ontario, Canada.