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Technology,
Law Practice

Jul. 22, 2024

LA Superior Court closed Monday due to ransomware attack

The attack occurred in the early hours of Friday morning and is unrelated to the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike software, according to the court.

Los Angeles County Superior Court said late Sunday that it would not open on Monday because of a ransomware attack that occurred on the same day that a global IT outage caused havoc across court systems, airports and hospitals. The two incidents are believed to be unrelated.

All 36 courthouse locations across Los Angeles are closed.

"The Court experienced an unprecedented cyber-attack on Friday which has resulted in the need to shut down nearly all network systems i...

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