Breach exposes sensitive LAPD files stored in city attorney system

Date:
Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:20:00 +0000

Description:
337,000 LAPD files stolen, including personnel and internal affairs data.

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Cybercriminals have reportedly broken into the Los Angeles City Attorneys Office and stolen sensitive data belonging to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The LA Times reported of a trove of sensitive Los Angeles police records, including officer personnel files and documents from Internal Affairs investigations, having been nabbed by cybercrooks. Around 337,000 files measuring 7.7 terabytes were reportedly accessed, which also included disciplinary histories and misconduct complaints, discovery documents from civil litigation cases, personal health information of officers, and witness interviews from criminal investigations.

The LAPD released a brief statement confirming the
findings, noting, LAPD is aware of an incident within the LA City Attorney's Office, where unauthorized individuals gained access to a digital storage system. The digital storage contained discovery documents from previously adjudicated or settled LAPD civil litigation cases. The breach does not
involve any LAPD systems or networks, it said.

We take this incident very seriously and are working with the LA City Attorney's Office to gain access to the impacted files to understand the full scope of the data breach. LAPD is committed to safeguarding its sensitive personnel and investigative information.

In the meantime, a hacking collective calling itself World Leaks, posted the entire archive on its data leak site. Emma Best, the founder of transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets, confirmed the authenticity of the
breach, and later said the files were removed from the website.

"I no longer see it on World Leaks' site, even logged in. Unclear what happened," she said.

Usually, cybercriminals would demand a ransom be paid in exchange for
deleting the data. Neither World Leaks, nor the LAPD, confirmed anything of that sort happening.

World Leaks is a spin off from an earlier group called Hunters International, infamous for breaching healthcare, manufacturing, and technology giants.

Via TechCrunch

Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/breach-exposes-sensitive-lapd-files-sto red-in-city-attorney-system

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