The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) has confirmed that it is dealing with a cyberattack after the agency appeared on the leak site of the LockBit ransomware group.
A spokesperson for the agency told The Record on Monday that it is working with cybersecurity experts and will try to continue operations while the issue gets resolved.
“We are working diligently with third-party specialists to investigate the source of this disruption, confirm its impact on our systems, and to restore full functionality securely to our environment as soon as possible,” a spokesperson said.
HACLA is one of the nation’s largest and oldest public housing authorities. The agency has an annual budget of more than $1 billion and provides housing to more than 19,000 families in the city.
On December 31, the LockBit ransomware group said it stole 15 TB of data and gave HACLA a deadline of January 12 to pay an undisclosed ransom.
