According to sources, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (a Government organization in California) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2024-11-04.
Source 1 | 2024-11-04
“BleepingComputer reports that the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles has disclosed having its IT network subjected to a cyberattack, which was earlier claimed by the Cactus ransomware operation. “
“Investigation into the incident is still ongoing, according to a HACLA spokesperson, who emphasized the continued operations of the major U.S. public housing authority.“
“No other details about the attack have been provided but Cactus ransomware asserted the theft of 891 GB of files from HACLA's systems, including personally identifiable information from executives, employees, and customers, financial documents, and database backups, as well as corporate confidential data and correspondence, some of which has already been published in the group's leak site“
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