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D-MAX Engineering, Inc

bd_33688f10ce8bd1b0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Sep 5, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for D-MAX Engineering, Inc

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Spacebears 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: ManufacturingDiscovered: 2026-09-05

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

D‐MAX Engineering, Inc. is a San Diego-based environmental consulting firm specializing in storm water services, particularly for governmental agencies. Our multidisciplinary team includes environmental scientists, engineers, chemists, and biologists. Our team is experienced with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements in Southern California.Since 1996, when the company was founded, we have completed numerous storm water projects for 18 municipalities in San Diego, Orange, Imperial, and Riverside Counties. We have developed a reputation for practical solutions, cost-effectiveness, responsiveness, and flexibility. D-MAX is recognized across the region for our expertise in jurisdictional storm water program development and reporting, water quality monitoring, Industrial General Permit compliance assistance, development and construction services, and inspections of businesses, municipal facilities, construction sites, and treatment control BMPs.Our experience has provided us with a comprehensive understanding of complex, countywide water quality issues and the ability to effectively address them. D-MAX adapts to our clients’ needs and provides a level of quality service that sets us apart. Our diverse team of professionals, central location, and familiarity with the region allows us to provide clients with a wide variety of services at affordable rates. We are a state-certified small business enterprise (SBE).-Personal information of employees and clients -Financial documents-Сommunications drawings https://www.dmaxinc.com/

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Sep 5, 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

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

About this groupFirst seen 2024-04-25

spacebears

According to ransomware.live, Space Bears is a double-extortion ransomware group that emerged in April 2024, distinguished by a professional "corporate" aesthetic on its leak site, leveraging Phobos RaaS infrastructure and targeting small-to-medium organizations in manufacturing, technology, and healthcare across the US and Europe.

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