A suspected hacker claimed he or she had stolen the personal information of about 2,500 LAPD officers, trainees, and recruits, along with approximately 17,500 police officer applicants.
The city's Information Technology Agency said it was contacted last week by someone who claimed to have accessed and downloaded the data, and the person offered some example files to show they actually had obtained the data.
The affected officers, trainees, and applicants began to receive notifications over the weekend.
The compromised data included the officers' names, dates of birth, parts of their social security numbers, and the email addresses and passwords they set up when applying for the job, according to the message.
"id": "LAP16730323",
"linkid": "lapd",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "07/2019",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"