Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsSMTA Sherwood Mutual Telephone Association
Claimed by worldleaks · listed 20 days ago
Status timeline
- Listed
Apr 30, 2026
- Data leaked
At a glance
- Group
- worldleaks
- Status
- Data leaked
- Country
- US
- Sector
- Telecommunication
- Listed on leak site
- Apr 30, 2026
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profileSMTA Sherwood Mutual Telephone Association is a community-based, member-owned cooperative telecommunications provider serving the Sherwood and Hicksville areas of Ohio since 1906. It offers high-speed fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband, telephone, and streaming cable services to rural communities. The association is GIG Certified, providing gigabit broadband internet speeds to its local member base.
- Industry
- Rural Cooperative Telecommunications (Broadband, Phone & Cable)
- Address
- Sherwood, Ohio (serves Sherwood and Hicksville areas, Ohio; phone 419-899-2121)
- Founded
- 1906
Attack summary
Severity: high — Data has been published (data_published status confirmed), indicating confirmed exfiltration. As a cooperative telecom provider, exposed data likely includes customer PII and billing records for rural community members, constituting significant sensitive data disclosure even without a stated data size.The worldleaks ransomware group claims to have compromised SMTA Sherwood Mutual Telephone Association and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), though the leak post does not specify whether encryption, exfiltration, or both occurred, nor does it detail the volume or type of data exposed.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- Customer account records
- Billing information
- Member/subscriber PII
- Internal communications
- Operational/network data
Original description
AI-summarised, not from the leak postSMTA Sherwood Mutual Telephone Association is a cooperative telecommunications provider based in the United States. It operates in the rural telecommunications industry, offering telephone and related communication services to members in the Sherwood, North Dakota area. As a mutual association, it is member-owned and focused on delivering reliable local and long-distance voice services to underserved rural communities.
Sources
Source
Indexed 20 days agoThis page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.
