Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the U.S., disclosed that a ransomware attack hit its Information Technology (IT) systems over the weekend.
LAUSD enrolls more than 640,000 students, spanning from kindergarten through 12th grade. It includes Los Angeles and 31 smaller municipalities, as well as several Los Angeles County unincorporated sections.
The school district first revealed districtwide technical issues after discovering that the attackers disrupted access to LAUSD systems, including email servers.
LAUSD has reported the incident and is working with law enforcement and federal agencies (the FBI and CISA) as part of an ongoing investigation and incident response.
The district added that instruction and staffing, as well as payroll processing, were undisrupted by this incident.
