City of Houston (houstontx.gov)

City of Houston (houstontx.gov) was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to ExfilSquad in July 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.

ExfilSquad 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.

COUNTRY : US REVENUE : NA SIZE : 71 GB UNCOMPRESSED ======================================== WARNING: You have until 2026-08-05 to contact us. DATA SUMMARY: 6M~ records containing: significant PII, resident contact details, service requests, complaint descriptions, addresses, location data, case/ticket metadata, department routing, service status, resolution information, and extensive CRM metadata.