Southwood Financial,SWF FUNDING LLC, EduCap Inc.
akiraThis record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the akira group against Southwood Financial,SWF FUNDING LLC, EduCap Inc.. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAPWindow Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2). The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
Attack Summary
Southwood Financial specializes in private student loan solutions and debt settlement services aimed at helping borrowers achieve financial stability. SWF FUNDING LLC and EduCap Inc. have also be en impacted and lost their data. We are going to to upload more than 370 GB of these companies. In the archives you will find the following: personal information o f employees and borrowers (SSNs, passports and so on), financial data (audits, payment details, reports), a lot of corporate NDAs, etc.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLEProof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.