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Manatee Air

bd_25b324d7b63fd4e7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

May 3, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Manatee Air

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group M3rx 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: Transportation/LogisticsDiscovered: 2026-05-03

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

+1 9417582323 . Manatee Air Heating & Cooling Inc has been providing expert HVAC services in Manatee and Sarasota counties since 1988, specializing in heating and air conditioning installation, repair, and maintenance. The company prides itself on its commitment to quality work, customer satisfaction, and competitive pricing, offering financing options and a 1-year labor warranty. With a team of certified, licensed, and insured technicians, they ensure fast turnaround times and emergency services to keep homes and businesses comfortable year-round. Manatee Air Heating & Cooling is recognized for its reliability and community-focused approach, making it a trusted choice for HVAC solutions. Stolen: --

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

May 3, 2026

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

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

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

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.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

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 2026-04-29

m3rx

According to ransomware.live, M3rx is a small ransomware group first observed in 2025, using AES-CTR/AES-GCM encryption and targeting organizations in England, the US, Australia, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, with around eight claimed victims including a Sydney-based property firm.

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