- The State Beam in Texas warns members of a data violation
- It offers free monitoring of credit and identity theft
- Inc Ransomware assumed responsibility for the attack
State Bar of Texas, the official law authority of lawyers in the US state, has confirmed the suffering of a data violation that resulted in theft of sensitive membership data.
“On February 12, 2025, the State Bar of Texas identified suspicious activity on his network and moved quickly to secure its environment,” reads a data violation letter sent to affected persons. “Through the study, we decided that there was unauthorized access to our network between January 28, 2025 and February 9, 2025.”
Texas State Bar is responsible for license, ethics enforcement and professional development. Its members are mostly licensed lawyers, and it also provides legal resources to the public and supports the legal profession through education and advocacy.
Inc Ransomware
While the organization did not detail the type of stolen information or the attacker’s identity, ransomware operators called Inc Ransomware assumed the responsibility of the violation. In fact, the group was already leaking the data on the dark web that includes full member names and some legal case documents.
While the authenticity of the data has not yet been determined, the Texas state line has already offered free credit and identity theft surveillance service through Experian, until July 31, 2025.
Potentially affected persons are also recommended to activate a credit freezing or place a fraud warning on their credit files to make sure the attack does not escalate further.
If the organization is added to a leakage place and samples can be downloaded, it is safe to assume that the negotiations between attackers and the victim are ongoing.
If the archives are removed, the organization probably paid the demand for ransom. If the whole data is put up for sale (or dumped), the negotiations probably collapsed.
Law enforcement authorities advise against paying the demand for ransom.
Via Bleeping computer
