Kent District Library
About the organisation
Kent District Library (KDL) is a public library system that owns and operates libraries throughout Michigan. However, it does not manage its own security, which is damaging its reputation. We are providing you with confidential financial documents, contact information for organizations, personal data on customers and employees, building plans and blueprints, as well as information about various incidents that they are concealing.
What the listing means
Kent District Library appeared on the interlock leak site on 11 May 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 5 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing Kent District Library as suspicious β leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on https:kdl.org, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Public Sector 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 β check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/S2VudCBEaXN0cmljdCBMaWJyYXJ5QGludGVybG9jaw==
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
