Bayou Title, Inc.

About the organisation

[insurance] Bayou Title, Inc. — the largest title insurance agent and closing/settlement services provider in Louisiana, with 19 full-service locations statewide. The exfiltrated data spans 20+ years of operations (2004–2026) and includes: 70,000–100,000+ Social Security numbers paired with names, addresses, and sale proceeds from 1099-S real-estate closing worksheets covering all 19 offices across three tax years (2018–2020), plus W-2 and 1099-MISC filings. Complete employee payroll databases — 10+ instances of Sage 50 EMPLOYEE.DAT files containing SSNs, bank account numbers, routing numbers, pay rates, tax withholding, and direct deposit details for current and former employees. 103 GB of title abstracts — ~34,000+ PDFs documenting ownership chains, liens, and mortgages for properties across Louisiana. 44 GB of GreenFolders DMS transaction packages (2012, 2013, 2019) — complete closing file archives containing HUD-1 settlement statements, identity verification documents, SSN cards, and tax records. Filenames contain encoded tags (ssn, hud, soc, tax). Plaintext credentials for government portals — a file literally named Lafayette Assessors lcmenard Password4321.url, plus a PDF containing Orleans Parish system login credentials. Attorney-client privileged documents — wills, attorney engagement letters, and legal opinions prepared by licensed Louisiana attorneys.

What the listing means

Bayou Title, Inc. appeared on the aurora leak site on 29 April 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 1 claim in the last 30 days and remains active.

Recommended actions

• Treat any unsolicited message referencing Bayou Title, Inc. as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
• If you hold an account on bayoutitle.com, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
• Other Financial Services organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
• Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
• A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.

Leak-site evidence

Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/QmF5b3UgVGl0bGUsIEluYy5AYXVyb3Jh

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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.