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Carlysle Engineering, Inc.

bd_319e88349b2befce · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Mar 26, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 records

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Payload 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: ConstructionClaimed data size: 270 GBDiscovered: 2026-03-26

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Carlysle.net belongs to Carlysle Engineering, Inc., an engineering firm based in Boston. The company specializes in designing, installing, and maintaining fire protection systems such as sprinklers. They also provide building inspections and consulting services to ensure compliance with safety and insurance requirements.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Mar 26, 2026

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 4 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGMay 14 · first
New Hampshire State AGMay 14 · first
Massachusetts State AGMay 14 · first

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 2026-02-17

payload

According to ransomware.live, Payload is a ransomware group that emerged in early 2026, using Babuk-derived source code targeting both Windows and ESXi systems with cross-platform double-extortion attacks against healthcare, energy, real estate, and agriculture sectors, claiming 12 victims across seven countries within hours of launching its leak site.

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