Costa Solutions, LLC

Costa Solutions, LLC was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to Aurora in April 2026. The organization, operating in an undisclosed sector in Unknown, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

Aurora operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

Costa Solutions, LLC — a privately held managed-labor and warehousing company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with ~$140M annual revenue and 200–1,000 employees. The file server contained the complete operational, financial, legal, and human resources infrastructure of the company: 3,000–8,000+ individuals' personal data — current employees, former employees (12 years of records), independent contractors, employee dependents, and job applicants. SSNs on W-2s, W-4s, 1099s, I-9s, background checks. Bank account and routing numbers on 200+ direct deposit forms. Medical and injury records — 150+ employee injury/medical files from 2013–2026, FMLA medical certifications, drug test results (random, reasonable suspicion, post-incident, promotional), and workers' compensation claims for 23+ named individuals. CEO's entire file system — Josh Wean's Documents folder (5.3 GB) including P&L statements, a 17-subfolder "Confidential" directory, legal correspondence, strategic plans, a C-12 peer advisory group archive, and a $RECYCLE.BIN with 60+ deleted items. Client contracts and competitive intelligence — pricing, SLAs, and contract terms for HEB, CVS, Sysco, Amazon, McLane, Labatt, Valvoline. Competitor pricing intelligence. RFP bid documents with cost models. Active legal case files — litigation records (2021–2022), HR internal investigation notes (2018–2021), arbitration files, active investigations marked "DO NOT DELETE" — all subject to attorney-client privilege. Infrastructure secrets — an HEB production server TLS certificate, a Cisco AnyConnect VPN installer, and the CEO's Remote Desktop connection file. Corporate financials — multi-year budgets, valuation & sale documents (indicating possible M&A activity), PPP loan forgiveness records, Form 5500 ERISA filings, and annual reporting.