Karnes Electric Cooperative, U SA
bd_946972e04e09e277 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for Karnes Electric Cooperative, U SA →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Qilin 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
Karnes Electric Cooperative, USA is a not-for-profit electric distribution utility that serves 12 counties in South Texas and the Coastal Bend region. Headquartered in Karnes City, Texas, it offers competitive rates and innovative solutions t ...
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Oct 10, 2025
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
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
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap
- Texas State AGbd_8ab6a11040338d222026-02-09 · +122dVerified
Filing propagation · 2 filings
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Oct 10, last Feb 9 (TX) — a 122-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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.
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.
qilin
According to ransomware.live, Qilin ransomware was first observed in July of 2022. Qilin Ransomware is written in Golang and supports multiple encryption modes; all of which are controlled by the operator. Qilin actors practice double extortion – demanding payment for a decryptor, as well as for the non-release of stolen data.