Melwood Inc
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Full breach record for Melwood Inc →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.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Melwood is a family of companies with a shared vision of a world where people with disabilities are fully included. Melwood comprises three primary companies—Melwood Enterprises, Melwood Community Services, and Melwood Inc.—together serving as one of the nation’s leading advocates, service providers, and employers of people with disabilities and their caregivers. They offer employment, job placement, job training, life skills for independence, support services, and youth and community recreational services to more than 3,000 people each year in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.
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Sep 8, 2025
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap
- Massachusetts State AGbd_042d4fdd0c0a32172026-01-26 · +139dVerified by operator
- Indiana State AGbd_133d35f81e71911a2026-01-26 · +139dVerified by operator
- Maine State AGbd_31248e612bfbcc6b2026-01-26 · +139dVerified by operator
- Vermont State AGbd_358415406c58746a2026-01-26 · +139dVerified by operator
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- New Hampshire State AGbd_94b45510195fb47a2026-01-26 · +139dVerified by operator
- Nebraska State AGbd_c9c8e9bbde6971a52026-01-26 · +139dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states
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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.