Winona County
About the organisation
Winona County is located in the Mississippi River blufflands of southeastern Minnesota. They have been negligent regarding security and the data they store, which has resulted in a breach and the public disclosure of all the confidential data they held. As a result, we are now able to offer you a large database containing resident records, tax and budget documents, police records, and data from other institutions.
What the listing means
Winona County appeared on the interlock leak site on 01 May 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated β the attack itself is dated 22 January 2026, 99 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 Winona County as suspicious β leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on winonacounty.gov, 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/V2lub25hIENvdW50eUBpbnRlcmxvY2s=
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
