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West Cary Group

bd_b370559f6485bd51 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Jan 21, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for West Cary Group →

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: Business ServicesDiscovered: 2026-01-23

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

West Cary Group is a creative agency that specializes in providing comprehensive solutions across the customer journey, including creative branding, analytics, user experience, software engineering, and campaign development. They serve a diverse clientele, including educational institutions and economic development organizations, helping them enhance their visibility and engagement through innovative strategies. With a team of multifaceted professionals, the agency focuses on delivering impactful and meaningful experiences that tackle specific client challenges. Based in Richmond, VA, they are committed to fostering growth and identifying opportunities for their clients.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jan 21, 2026

Claim posted

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No filing yet · watching

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

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

  • 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 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 →