Texas State Bar warns of data breach after INC ransomware claims attack

The notice doesn't provide much information about the hacking group responsible for the breach, but the INC ransomware gang claimed an attack against the State Bar of Texas by adding the organization to its dark web extortion page on March 9, 2025. The State Bar of Texas is warning it suffered a data breach after the INC ransomware gang claimed to have breached the organization and began leaking samples of stolen data. Recipients of the data breach notifications are offered free-of-charge credit and identity theft monitoring service coverage through Experian, given until July 31, 2025, to enroll using the enclosed activation code. The threat actors were able to steal information from the network, including full names and other data that is redacted in the public data breach notifications filed with Attorney Generals' offices. Bill Toulas Bill Toulas is a tech writer and infosec news reporter with over a decade of experience working on various online publications, covering open-source, Linux, malware, data breach incidents, and hacks. In a notification letter sent to affected members, the organization states that it suffered a security breach between January 28 and February 9, 2025, but it was only discovered on February 12.

This Cyber News was published on www.bleepingcomputer.com. Publication date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:45:26 +0000


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