Houk Air Conditioning
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Full breach record for Houk Air Conditioning →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Kairos 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
Houk AC is a leading HVAC repair and installation service based in Texas, operating in areas such as DFW, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio since 1962. The company offers a variety of services including air conditioning and heating repairs, installations, maintenance, and commercial HVAC solutions. Known for their commitment to customer satisfaction, Houk AC provides special financing options, discounts, and a comprehensive maintenance program to meet the needs of both residential and commercial clients. With a family-owned approach, their dedicated technicians are focused on delivering reliable and energy-efficient solutions to ensure optimal comfort for Texans.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
May 6, 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
Evidence ladder
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.
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.
kairos
According to ransomware.live, Kairos is a data extortion group active since late 2024 that focuses solely on data theft with no encryption, primarily targeting small-to-mid-sized organizations in healthcare, manufacturing, and business services in the US, purchasing initial access from brokers and demanding Bitcoin payments.