Report: Hackers Release LA Unified School District Data After Ransom Demand Denied

A school administrator confirms student health check data on a laptop computer as students and parents wait in line to enter school at Grant Elementary School in Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2021. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Hackers have released some data stolen in a cyberattack against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), according to a newspaper report Oct. 2.

The data were released Oct. 1—two days before a deadline previously given by the hackers—in an apparent response to LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s stated refusal to pay money to an international hacking syndicate, the Los Angeles Times reported.