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GLOBALMalwareEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesRansomwareInc RansomRansom DemandedActor NamedMedium

hiec.com

bd_f30ff66e564cf64f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Sep 14, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for hiec.com →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group INC Ransom 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: EnergyDiscovered: 2025-09-15
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Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

H.I. Executive Consulting is a global executive search firm specializing in the recruitment of Board, CEO, and senior-level executives. The firm focuses on acquiring digital talent and transformational leaders to meet the needs of modern organizations. With a strong presence across the US, EMEA, and APAC, H.I.E.C operates through a united team in 14 international offices, providing tailored, expert advice for every assignment. Committed to promoting diversity, H.I.E.C helps clients attract a wide range of talent to foster innovative organizational cultures

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Sep 14, 2025

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.