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Huge Los Angeles Unified School district hit by cyberattack

Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school district, at podium, takes questions from the media about an external cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems during the Labor Day weekend, at a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school district, takes questions from the media about an external cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems during the Labor Day weekend, at a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school district, comments on an external cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems during the Labor Day weekend, at a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Despite the ransomware attack, schools in the nation's second-largest district opened as usual Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school district, comments on an external cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems during the Labor Day weekend, at a news conference at the Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Despite the ransomware attack, schools in the nation's second-largest district opened as usual Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school district, at podium, comments on an external cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems during the Labor Day weekend, at a news conference at the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Officials from left, FBI Assistant Director in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Office Donald Alway, LAUSD Chief of Police Steve Zipperman, Soheil Katal, LAUSD Chief Information Officer, Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti, Superintendent Carvalho, and LAPD Chief Michel Moore. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Soheil Katal, Chief Information Officer Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school district, looks up during a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, about an external cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems during the Labor Day weekend. A district statement says the ransomware attack occurred during the long holiday weekend and is likely criminal in nature. The district was able to open its schools as usual Tuesday morning and does not expect problems with instruction and such services as transportation and food. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)