LA Housing Authority Admits Data Breach By Cactus Ransomware Gang

It marked HACLA’s second major cybersecurity breach in just two years, spotlighting significant challenges in securing critical public sector data. The Cactus ransomware gang has reportedly exfiltrated nearly 900GB of sensitive data from the organization; including:

• Personal identification information

• Database backups

• Financial documents

• Executive and employee records

• Customer information

• Internal corporate communications

HACLA, responsible for managing over 32,000 public housing units and overseeing a budget of $1 billion annually.