El Wastani Petroleum Company (WASCO)
About the organisation
El Wastani Petroleum Company (WASCO) is an Egyptian oil and gas company focused on the exploration, production, and processing of natural gas and condensate. It operates fields and infrastructure, including processing facilities and compression stations, mainly in the Nile Delta and North Sinai regions. The company serves as a regional operator, supporting the development of Egypt’s gas industry.
What the listing means
El Wastani Petroleum Company (WASCO) appeared on the payload leak site on 08 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 7 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing El Wastani Petroleum Company (WASCO) as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account with this organisation, change the password now and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Energy 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/RWwgV2FzdGFuaSBQZXRyb2xldW0gQ29tcGFueSAoV0FTQ08pQHBheWxvYWQ...
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
