Was ecsc.org hit by ransomware?

ecsc.org 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 ecsc.org breach?

Incransom published data attributed to ecsc.org. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc.

listed as ecsc.org · Claimed by Incransom · listed 5 months ago

$11.2M

Ransom

demanded

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJan 16, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Incransom
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Listed on leak site: Jan 16, 2026
Ransom demanded: $11.2M
Estimated revenue: $11.2M

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc. (ECSC) is a statewide service and trade association headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, representing 18 consumer-owned electric cooperatives, one wholesale electric cooperative, one transmission cooperative, and one materials cooperative. Through its member cooperatives, it serves nearly 2 million South Carolinians across all 46 counties via approximately 75,000 miles of power lines. The association provides advocacy, energy efficiency programs, clean energy initiatives, and various member services.

Industry: Electric Cooperative Services & Trade Association
Address: Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The victim is a statewide electric utility trade association serving nearly 2 million residents across critical power infrastructure in all 46 South Carolina counties; data_published status indicates confirmed exfiltration affecting energy/utility sector, which qualifies as critical infrastructure, and the $11.2M ransom demand signals significant data sensitivity.

Incransom claims to have compromised Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, with the disclosure status listed as data_published, suggesting exfiltration and publication of data; the group associates a ransom demand of $11.2 million with the victim. No specific data volume was stated in the post.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Organizational data
Member cooperative records
Financial records (inferred from revenue figure)
Operational/energy infrastructure data

What the group claims

Website www.ecsc.org Revenue $11.2 million Industry Electricity, oil and gas Energy, utilities and waste Organizational structure Similar companies Company analytics About South Carolina Electric Cooperatives Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc. is a statewide service and trade association representing electric cooperatives throughout the state. It serves 18 consumer-owned electric cooperatives, one wholesale electric cooperative, one transmission cooperative, and one materials cooperative. The association's mission is focused on providing electricity to nearly 2 million South Carolinians through an extensive network of power lines, as well as providing energy efficiency programs and clean energy initiatives. The association advocates for the electrification of rural areas and provides various resources, including educational programs and assistance in purchasing electric vehicles.

Sources

Victim siteecsc.org
Leak posthttp://incblog6qu4y4mm4zvw5nrmue6qbwtgjsxpw6b7ixzssu36tsajldoad.onion/blog/disclosures/696a62638f1d14b743dd523b

Source

Indexed 5 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

January 16, 2026ecsc.org listed by Incransomon the group's public leak site

Ransom demanded: $11.2M

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

Geographically, ecsc.org 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 ecsc.org 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.