By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• A suspected hack of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office has led to the online exposure of sensitive Los Angeles Police Department records.
• The leaked materials reportedly include officer personnel files, internal affairs documents and discovery files from civil litigation.
• Posts with portions of the files have appeared on social media platforms such as X.
• The LAPD said the breach did not involve its own systems and is working with city officials to assess the scope of the incident.
• The authenticity and extent of the leaked data remain under review by authorities.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Sensitive records associated with the Los Angeles Police Department were made available publicly following a suspected hack of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office digital storage system, law enforcement officials said.
The suspected breach, which occurred last month, reportedly compromised approximately 7.7 terabytes of data and more than 337,000 files that included officer personnel files, internal affairs investigations and civil litigation discovery documents.
Some of the materials began appearing on social media platforms including X, with accounts posting segments of the leaked files, according to reporting.
The Los Angeles Police Department issued a statement saying unauthorized individuals gained access to a digital storage system belonging to the city attorney’s office and emphasized that its own systems and networks were not directly involved in the breach.
Officials said they are working with the city attorney’s office to understand the full scope of the unauthorized access and to determine what data was affected.
Under California law, most peace officer records are considered confidential, and if authenticated, the disclosure of such material would represent an atypical exposure of protected information, authorities noted.