Ransomware gang hits second-largest US school district

Cybercriminals hit the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) over the holiday weekend with a ransomware attack that temporarily shut down email, computer systems, and applications. Federal agencies including the FBI and CISA are working on-site to assist the US's second-largest public school district in its response. " …

[Gene Cash]

Nothing terrible has happened so far

Yeah, I expect anything that has happened to be hushed up, and the student threatened with being expelled or charged if he complains, if my experience is anything to go by.

[An_Old_Dog]

Victim Compensation

Perhaps the school district will give the kids one free year of credit-rating monitoring. That seems to be the standard bone tossed to the data-jacking victims.

[Smeagolberg]

"swiftly implemented a response protocol"

Does this illustrate that US education is in dire straits?

[Anonymous Coward]

I suspect that Vice Society will come to regret this. I have no doubt that the CISA and FBI response teams have the capability and tools to track down the miscreants and make life hell for them