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Bray Whaler

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Jan 18, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Bray Whaler

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Sinobi 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: Hospitality and TourismDiscovered: 2026-01-19

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Bray Whaler Inc operates as a comprehensive construction management firm specializing in complex hospitality and commercial development projects. The company brings together expertise in project oversight, budget management, and quality control to deliver results across diverse property types and scales. Their work spans the full spectrum of hospitality construction, from boutique establishments to large-scale entertainment venues, as well as residential and mixed-use developments that require sophisticated coordination and execution. The firm's approach centers on understanding the unique demands of each project type. Hotel construction demands particular attention to guest experience elements, operational workflows, and timeline precision. Restaurant and club projects require specialized knowledge of kitchen systems, dining layouts, and compliance with health and safety regulations. Casino and entertainment venues present additional complexity through their specialized infrastructure

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Jan 18, 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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The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2025-03-24

sinobi

According to ransomware.live, Sinobi is a private vetted-affiliate RaaS group that emerged in mid-2025, believed to be a rebrand of the Lynx/INC ransomware lineage, claiming 176 victims by end of 2025 through double-extortion attacks primarily against mid-market US organizations via compromised SonicWall VPN credentials.

274 victims claimed globally274 tracked hereFull profile →