A ransomware outfit calling itself Vice Society has dumped nearly 300,000 files belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District as punishment for rebuffing demands it pay the group a hefty fee to recover data stolen during a recent cyber intrusion.A good round-up from @lorenzofb 2/3https://t.co/VFcPVmOjkh — Brett Callow (@BrettCallow) October 3, 2022The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second biggest school district in the US, behind the New York City Department of Education, making it a trophy of sorts for ransomware groups that prey on these organizations.Vice Society is a Russian-speaking ransomware group that has emerged over the past couple of years to become a menace, mainly to small- and middle-sized companies.The group specializes in human-operated ransomware attacks, as opposed to automated attack techniques favored by many of its peers.We continue to make progress toward full operational stability for several core information technology services.”On Friday, LAUSD superintendent Alberto Carvalho was even more forceful in his rejection of the group’s demands."