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South West Development Commission

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Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Jan 5, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Lynx 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: 2026-01-05

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

The South West Development Commission is focused on advancing economic diversification and sustainable future development in the Collie region and Bunbury, primarily through major projects and grant funding programs. They support local businesses aiming to achieve success in international markets and are involved in transforming Bunbury’s Waterfront and establishing an advanced manufacturing hub. Their intended clients include local businesses, industries looking to diversify, and stakeholders in agriculture, tourism, and mining. The Commission is dedicated to helping shape a brighter economic future through strategic initiatives and investments.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jan 5, 2026

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

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

Claim → filing

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 2023-05-22

lynx

According to ransomware.live, Lynx is a ransomware-as-a-service operation that emerged in mid-2024 as a rebrand of INC Ransomware (whose source code was sold for $300,000 on the RAMP forum), claiming ~300 victims across manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation with an 80/20 profit split for affiliates.

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