District of Columbia Housing Authority
Attack Intelligence
District of Columbia Housing Authority was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to interlock in July 2026. The organization, operating in the Public Sector sector in United States, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.
interlock 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.
DC Housing, the organization entrusted with the powers of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, was completely compromised due to its negligence and greed in security, and all confidential information, databases, passports, and personal data of clients were stolen. We offer you 1.6 TB of confidential information, including all data of District residents and large databases.
Intelligence correlations link this incident to 1 vulnerability(ies) including CVE-2026-20131, which may have been leveraged as initial access vectors or for lateral movement.