HACLA
bd_5015b2f9f67cd6b2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for HACLA →4 incidents on fileThreat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cactus 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.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
<p>Federal.<br><br>“The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) is a public agency established in 1938 to provide affordable housing options to low-income residents of Los Angeles.”<br><br>Website: <a href="https://www.hacla.org/">https://www.hacla.org/<\/a><br><br>Revenue : $1.9B<br><br>Address: 2600 Wilshire Blvd Fl 5, Los Angeles, California, 90057, United States<br><br>Phone Number: ([REDACTED-PHONE]<br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Download link #1:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/HACLA/PROOF/">https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/HACLA/PROOF/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Mirror:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/HACLA/PROOF/">https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/HACLA/PROOF/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>DATA DESCRIPTIONS:<\/strong><\/mark> Personal Identifiable Information, actual database backups, financial documents, executives\employees personal data, customer personal information, corporate confidential data and correspondence, etc.<\/p><p><img src="/uploads/SS_Card_f1e845c8c5.png" alt="SS Card.png"><img src="/uploads/Marisela_Ocampo_passport_956fdeb9ec.png" alt="Marisela Ocampo passport.png"><img src="/uploads/Patrick_Gregorian_passport_b6456d245f.png" alt="Patrick Gregorian passport.png"><img src="/uploads/HACLA_Audit_Information_2b49807173.png" alt="HACLA-Audit Information.png"><img src="/uploads/Mom_ID_and_SS_card_2024_8f4fbcf065.png" alt="Mom ID and SS card 2024.png"><\/p>
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Oct 1, 2024
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
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
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
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.
cactus
According to ransomware.live, The CACTUS ransomware is said to have emerged around March 2023. The group became known for exploiting vulnerabilities to gain initial access and maintain a presence within the organization's infrastructure. There is little known information about the ransomware group, except that it emerged on the mentioned date and, following encryption, a text file named 'cAcTuS.readme.txt' would be created. Additionally, encrypted files were altered to the '.cts1' extension, and data exfiltration and victim extortion were conducted through the use of the service known as Tox. Source: https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs