Shortly after LockBit claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the agency, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles said it was investigating a cybersecurity incident.
HACLA, which provides affordable housing to more than 19,000 low income families in Los Angeles, was added to LockBit's dark web leak site on December 31. According to the listing, Lock Bit has stolen 15 terabytes of data from the housing agency.
The data may include the personal details of people who sought housing assistance from the city, as well as data from the city agency's payroll, human resources, and accountancy files.
HACLA is experiencing a cyber event that resulted in disruption to the agency's systems.
We are working diligently with third-party specialists to investigate the source of this disruption, confirm its impact on our systems, and to restore fullFunctionality securely to our environment as soon as possible As we continue to resolve this issue, we will continue to provide quality work.
HACLA has not yet publicly acknowledged the cyber incident on its website or social media.
The Los Angeles city agency has been the target of two major cyberattacks in the last few months. The Los Angeles Unified School District was hit by the Vice Society. Hundreds of gigabytes of data stolen during the attack were published by the gang.
One of the more prolific gangs is LockBit, which has claimed attacks on several companies. A dual Canadian- Russian citizen was charged in November for their alleged involvement with the gang.
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