{"id":226096,"date":"2026-03-21T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/worldleaks-group-breached-the-city-of-los-angels\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:10:13","slug":"worldleaks-group-breached-the-city-of-los-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/worldleaks-group-breached-the-city-of-los-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"WorldLeaks group breached the City of Los Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189753\/data-breach\/worldleaks-group-breached-the-city-of-los-angels.html\">WorldLeaks group breached the City of Los Angels<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189753\/data-breach\/worldleaks-group-breached-the-city-of-los-angels.html\">https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189753\/data-breach\/worldleaks-group-breached-the-city-of-los-angels.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-21 13:42:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"securityaffairs.com\">securityaffairs.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>WorldLeaks ransomware group breached the City of Los Angels<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> Pierluigi Paganini<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/wp-content\/themes\/security_affairs\/images\/clock-icon.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> March 21, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid mb-4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/securityaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-69.png?fit=1427%2C690&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro system, forcing a shutdown, while two Bay Area cities declared emergencies after ransomware attacks.<\/h2>\n<p>WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro, forcing a shutdown, while two Bay Area cities declared emergencies after ransomware attacks.<\/p>\n<p>This week, local media reported that an unauthorized activity hit Metro\u2019s internal systems, forcing the agency to limit access and disrupting station arrival displays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnauthorized activity on internal administrative computer systems prompted Metro to limit access to those systems, resulting in station monitors not displaying arrival times, the transit agency announced Thursday.\u201d reported NBC Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Riders face issues adding funds to TAP cards online or via support, so Metro urges them to use ticket machines. Rail and bus services continue to run normally, and no customer or employee data is affected. Metro continues security checks and works to restore full access.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate incident, officials in Foster City said a ransomware attack is widely disrupting municipal services and pushing leaders to declare a state of emergency to secure external support and funding. Emergency services like 911 continue to operate normally, but many city services that rely on internal systems remain unavailable. City Hall stays open with limited services.<\/p>\n<p>The city identified the attack early Thursday and quickly took most systems offline to protect the network. Officials are working with independent cybersecurity experts to investigate and restore operations.<\/p>\n<p>The disruption affects digital services and access to information, while core emergency response remains intact. Authorities say it is still unclear whether attackers accessed or copied sensitive data, but they warn that public information may have&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189753\/data-breach\/worldleaks-group-breached-the-city-of-los-angels.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WorldLeaks group breached the City of Los Angels https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189753\/data-breach\/worldleaks-group-breached-the-city-of-los-angels.html Publish Date: 2026-03-21 13:42:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-69.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[30,24],"class_list":["post-226096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-breach","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226098,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226096\/revisions\/226098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}