Costa Solutions, LLC
auroraThis record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the aurora group against Costa Solutions, LLC. 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
[warehouse] Costa Solutions, LLC — a privately held managed-labor and warehousing company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with ~$140M annual revenue and 200–1,000 employees. The file server contained the complete operational, financial, legal, and human resources infrastructure of the company: 3,000–8,000+ individuals' personal data — current employees, former employees (12 years of records), independent contractors, employee dependents, and job applicants. SSNs on W-2s, W-4s, 1099s, I-9s, background checks. Bank account and routing numbers on 200+ direct deposit forms. Medical and injury records — 150+ employee injury/medical files from 2013–2026, FMLA medical certifications, drug test results (random, reasonable suspicion, post-incident, promotional), and workers' compensation claims for 23+ named individuals. CEO's entire file system — Josh Wean's Documents folder (5.3 GB) including P&L statements, a 17-subfolder "Confidential" directory, legal correspondence, strategic plans, a C-12 peer advisory group archive, and a $RECYCLE.BIN with 60+ deleted items. Client contracts and competitive intelligence — pricing, SLAs, and contract terms for HEB, CVS, Sysco, Amazon, McLane, Labatt, Valvoline. Competitor pricing intelligence. RFP bid documents with cost models. Active legal case files — litigation records (2021–2022), HR internal investigation notes (2018–2021), arbitration files, active investigations marked "DO NOT DELETE" — all subject to attorney-client privilege. Infrastructure secrets — an HEB production server TLS certificate, a Cisco AnyConnect VPN installer, and the CEO's Remote Desktop connection file. Corporate financials — multi-year budgets, valuation & sale documents (indicating possible M&A activity), PPP loan forgiveness records, Form 5500 ERISA filings, and annual reporting.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLEProof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.