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Encina Wastewater Authority

bd_86a264404e6e3742 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Mar 13, 2024

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Encina Wastewater Authority →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Blackbyte 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: Public SectorDiscovered: 2024-03-13

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

The Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA) is a public agency located in Carlsbad, California. EWA provides wastewater treatment services to more than 400,000 residents in northwestern San Diego County. EWA's facilities and services are essential for protecting the local ocean environment, preserving public health, and providing valuable water resources for the region. EWA is owned by six public agenci

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Mar 13, 2024

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 2 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

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 2021-10-04

blackbyte

According to ransomware.live, Ransomware. Uses dropper written in JavaScript to deploy a .NET payload.

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