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Rural Municipality of Gimli

bd_aaa30103f753199e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Apr 27, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Rural Municipality of Gimli

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Payload 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 SectorClaimed data size: 69 GBDiscovered: 2026-04-27

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

The Rural Municipality of Gimli is a local government district in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Situated on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg, it administers a region known for its Icelandic heritage, recreational tourism, and lakefront economy. Gimli serves as both a residential community and a cultural hub for the Interlake area.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Apr 27, 2026

Claim posted

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteApr 27 · first · this page

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 2026-02-17

payload

According to ransomware.live, Payload is a ransomware group that emerged in early 2026, using Babuk-derived source code targeting both Windows and ESXi systems with cross-platform double-extortion attacks against healthcare, energy, real estate, and agriculture sectors, claiming 12 victims across seven countries within hours of launching its leak site.

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