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FIVE STATES ENERGY COMPANY, L.L.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Feb 19, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group DragonForce on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Financial ServicesDiscovered: 2026-02-19
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Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Five States Energy is a private investment firm based in Dallas, Texas, with over 30 years of experience in the energy sector. The company specializes in acquiring producing oil and natural gas properties, primarily focusing on independent, onshore operators and working interest owners across various regions in the U.S. Recently

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Feb 19, 2026

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 147d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteFeb 19 · first · this page
Nebraska State AG+34d
Indiana State AG+34d
New Hampshire State AG+41d
Vermont State AG+41d
Maine State AG+41d
Texas State AG+45d
Massachusetts State AG+147d

Pattern: first filing Feb 19, last Jul 17 (MA) — a 147-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2022-10-20

dragonforce

According to ransomware.live, DragonForce is a major ransomware-as-a-service operation first observed in August 2023 that launched a formal affiliate program offering 80% revenue share, then rebranded as a "ransomware cartel" in 2025, gaining notoriety for high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods.

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