Security News > 2023 > March > LA housing authority discloses data breach after ransomware attack
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles is warning of a "Data security event" after the LockBit ransomware gang targeted the organization and leaked data stolen in the attack.
HACLA is a state-chartered agency that provides affordable housing to low-income individuals and families in Los Angeles, California.
According to the data breach notice, on December 31, 2022, HACLA discovered that computer systems on its network had been encrypted, forcing the agency's IT team to shut down all servers and launch an investigation.
The attack on HACLA was claimed by the LockBit 3.0 ransomware gang, one of the most active and notorious RaaS operations.
The threat actors uploaded samples of the files they claim to have stolen from HACLA's network on December 31, 2022, and then followed up with their threat to publish all files on January 27, 2023.
The leaked data set has not yet been redistributed on known hacker forums either.
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