Was Western New York Energy hit by ransomware?

Western New York Energy was listed by the Incransom ransomware operation (United States), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the Incransom ransomware group?

Incransom is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Western New York Energy breach?

Incransom published data attributed to Western New York Energy (~100 GB). Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Western New York Energy

Claimed by Incransom · listed 4 months ago

100 GB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedFeb 3, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Incransom
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Energy
Listed on leak site: Feb 3, 2026
Data size: 100 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Western New York Energy LLC (wnyenergy.com) is a regional ethanol producer and renewable energy company based in Medina, New York. The company is described as one of the Northeast's key ethanol producers, involved in production, commercial contracting, and investor relations. It operates within the renewable fuels sector serving clients and counterparties across the region.

Industry: Ethanol Production & Renewable Energy
Address: Medina, New York, United States

Attack summary

Severity: high — 100 GB of confirmed exfiltrated data spanning financial records, NDAs, engineering schematics, client data, and investor materials from an energy-sector company constitutes significant business and potentially sensitive operational data exposure; the energy sector classification and engineering/technical files elevate concern, though no direct PII at scale or government/medical data is explicitly stated.

The Incransom group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 100 GB of data from Western New York Energy LLC, publishing the archive and asserting it contains confidential internal documents, financial records, client and counterparty data, NDAs, engineering files, investor materials, and corporate governance documents. The group states the data is authentic, recent, and untouched, indicating exfiltration without necessarily confirming encryption.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Confidential internal documents
Client and counterparty data
Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
Financial records and reports
Operational documentation and procedures
Investor-related materials and presentations
Corporate governance documents
Commercial contracts and business agreements
Technical drawings, schematics, and engineering files

What the group claims

Western New York Energy LLC – Major Data Breach Announcement Western New York Energy LLC (wnyenergy.com), a leading regional ethanol producer and renewable energy company based in Medina, New York, has suffered a significant data compromise. Total volume of obtained data: ≈100 GB The leaked archive contains highly sensitive and business-critical materials, including: Confidential internal documents Client and counterparty data Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) Financial records and reports Operational documentation and procedures Investor-related materials and presentations Corporate governance documents Commercial contracts and business agreements Technical drawings, schematics, and engineering files …and a substantial amount of other proprietary and strategically important information that is vital to the company’s operations, partnerships, and competitive position. This dataset provides deep insight into the internal workings, financial structure, client relationships, and strategic planning of one of the Northeast’s key ethanol producers. The information is authentic, recent, and untouched.

Sources

Leak posthttp://incblog6qu4y4mm4zvw5nrmue6qbwtgjsxpw6b7ixzssu36tsajldoad.onion/blog/disclosures/697d08af8f1d14b7432181d9

Source

Indexed 4 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Incransom

Incransom is a ransomware group that emerged in August 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations as evidenced by their targeting of high-value sectors across multiple developed nations. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they likely operate independently rather than as a ransomware-as-a-service model. With 734 documented victims, Incransom has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia, with particular focus on healthcare, technology, business services, and manufacturing sectors, though their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by established security researchers or government agencies. The group's notable campaigns and specific high-profile victims have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable threat intelligence sources, suggesting either operational security effectiveness or limited visibility into their most significant operations. Based on available intelligence, Incransom appears to remain active as of recent reporting periods, though comprehensive analysis of their current operational status requires additional documentation from established threat intelligence sources. The group has been linked to 829 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 9, 2023; most recent post June 11, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: inc ransom.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 3, 2026Western New York Energy listed by Incransomon the group's public leak site

Data size: 100 GB

Other recent disclosures by Incransom

Incransom has been linked to 829 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Energy sector, which has 375 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Western New York Energy is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Incransom means Western New York Energy appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Monitor for the data appearing on Incransom's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.