United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to rhysida in December 2025. The organization, operating in the Government sector in United States, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

rhysida 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.

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma The Keetoowahs were the first Cherokees to move west, first voluntarily to avoid encroachment from colonizers, and then involuntarily to Indian Territory after the Indian Removal Act. Today we presently reside in the Cherokee capital of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. More