Classes are resuming as scheduled Tuesday after the Los Angeles Unified School District was the target of a ransomware attack on its information technology systems over the holiday weekend.
Classes are resuming as scheduled Tuesday after the Los Angeles Unified School District was the target of aThe district contacted federal officials over the weekend, prompting the White House to mobilize a response from the U.S. Department of Education, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, according to the LAUSD.
"Los Angeles Unified detected unusual activity in its Information Technology systems over the weekend, which after initial review, can be confirmed as an external cyber attack on our Information Technology assets," the district said in a."Since the identification of the incident, which is likely criminal in nature, we continue to assess the situation with law enforcement agencies.
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