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Wharton Independent School District

bd_a492f88fdbdd0586 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Jun 27, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Wharton Independent School District →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Thegentlemen 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: EducationDiscovered: 2025-09-09

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

www.whartonisd.net , www.zoominfo.com/c/wharton-independent-school-district/213188688 Wharton Independent School District provides educational services to a diverse student population, aiming to prepare every student for success in a global society. The district offers a wide range of programs including athletics, special education, and vocational training. Targeting students from elementary through high school. Wharton ISD also emphasizes parental and community engagement in the educational process. Additionally, it provides resources and support for both students and staff across its various departments

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Jun 27, 2025

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 2023-02-28

thegentlemen

According to ransomware.live, The Gentlemen is a RaaS group that emerged in July–August 2025, rapidly claiming over 320 victims across 17+ countries by offering affiliates a 90% revenue share, deploying a Go-based locker against Windows, Linux, NAS, and BSD systems; a compromised C2 server in 2026 revealed more than 1,570 linked victims.

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