Epcon Communities
About the organisation
[AI generated] Epcon Communities is a US-based homebuilding and franchise company founded in 1986 and headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. It specializes in developing and selling single-story, low-maintenance homes primarily targeting active adults aged 55 and older. Operating in the residential real estate and construction industry, Epcon also franchises its community development model to builders across the United States.
What the listing means
Epcon Communities appeared on the payoutsking leak site on 30 April 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated — the attack itself is dated 15 April 2026, 15 days before the listing. This group has published 5 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing Epcon Communities as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on epconcommunities.com, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Construction 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/RXBjb24gQ29tbXVuaXRpZXNAcGF5b3V0c2tpbmc=
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
