Melwood Inc
bd_e7199eeb06adcd2f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for Melwood Inc →3 incidents on fileThreat-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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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Sep 8, 2025
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- Vermont State AGbd_358415406c58746a2026-01-26 · +139dCandidate
- New Hampshire State AGbd_94b45510195fb47a2026-01-26 · +139dVerified
- Nebraska State AGbd_c9c8e9bbde6971a52026-01-26 · +139dVerified
Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Sep 8, last Jan 26 (NE) — a 139-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
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- ransom/leak status
- discovery date
- materiality
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- affected count
- confirmed data types
- compliance clock
The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
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.