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Cybercriminals have been stealing dozens of internal documents from the Los Angeles Police Department and releasing the information online.
The stolen data also includes police files, internal investigations, and discovery documents that may include unsolicited complaints and personal information, such as names of witnesses and medical records, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Emma Best, founder of the transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets, which owns the data, said. in an online post that the terrorist group World Leaks is responsible for the data breach.
Best said he was able to review some of the leaked content when it was posted – and later removed – from the terrorist’s spam website, where the group publicizes its violations in an attempt to force victims to pay ransoms.
It is unclear why the data was not listed on the World Leaks website.
When speaking in publicThe LAPD said it was investigating the breach, which it said did not involve LAPD systems or networks, but did affect the Los Angeles City Bureau’s “digital storage system.”
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The LAPD said it is “working with the LA City Attorney’s Office to access the affected files to understand the extent of the data breach.”
According to the Los Angeles Times, most police records under California state law are considered confidential. The newspaper said that the leak, if confirmed to be true, would represent a “stupendous breach of police information,” as police records are not disclosed or published.
The breach reportedly exposed 7.7 terabytes of data and more than 337,000 files.
Ivor Pine, a spokesman for the LA City Attorney’s office, told TechCrunch that the office was aware of “the unauthorized use of the third-party tool,” without naming it. “The information was in the program without any links or access to documents or systems,” Pine said in an email.
A spokeswoman for the LAPD declined to comment, referring to the department’s statement on the X group.
The hackers were not immediately available for comment.
World Leaks began its operations in January 2025 as a former group known as Hunters International. Since then, the group has disrupted organizations in several industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, technology, and more.
According to cybersecurity firm Halcyonhackers “have demonstrated the ability to target security contractors and Fortune 500 corporations.”
It has been updated to include responses from the LAPD and the LA City Attorney’s Office.