A cyberattack hits the Los Angeles School District, raising alarm across the country

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Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, comments on a cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems at a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Damian Dovarganes/AP

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LOS ANGELES — A ransomware attack targeting the huge Los Angeles school district prompted an unprecedented shutdown of its computer systems as schools increasingly find themselves vulnerable to cyber breaches at the start of a new year.

The attack on the Los Angeles Unified School District sounded alarms across the country,

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