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WESTERN NEW YORK ENERGY, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Feb 3, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for WESTERN NEW YORK ENERGY, LLC →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group INC Ransom 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: EnergyDiscovered: 2026-02-03

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Western New York Energy LLC – Major Data Breach Announcement Western New York Energy LLC (wnyenergy.com), a leading regional ethanol producer and renewable energy company based in Medina, New York, has suffered a significant data compromise. Total volume of obtained data: ≈100 GB The leaked archive contains highly sensitive and business-critical materials, including: Confidential internal documents Client and counterparty data Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) Financial records and reports Operational documentation and procedures Investor-related materials and presentations Corporate governance documents Commercial contracts and business agreements Technical drawings, schematics, and engineering files ...and a substantial amount of other proprietary and strategically important information that is vital to the company’s operations, partnerships, and competitive position. This dataset provides deep insight into the internal workings, financial structure, client relationships, and strategic planning of one of the Northeast’s key ethanol producers. The information is authentic, recent, and untouched.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Feb 3, 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 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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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

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