Ransomware group aurora hits Buford-Thompson Company, LTD
Buford-Thompson Company, LTD — a manufacturing target operating in US has been listed by the aurora ransomware group on 2026-09-30. The information below reflects what the threat actor has publicly claimed on their leak site; the details have not been independently verified.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | Buford-Thompson Company, LTD |
|---|---|
| Threat Group | aurora |
| Summary | [construction] Buford-Thompson Company, LTD, a Texas construction general contractor with 30+ years of history building schools for K-12 districts across the state. The exposed dataset totals 1.707 TB and includes: 5 years of W-2 EFW2 files (2021–2025) containing plaintext Social Security numbers, wages, and addresses for 350+ current and former employees — every SSN readable without any decryption. 9.3 GB of attorney-client privileged files from the Stanton ISD v. BTC litigation — legal strategy, discovery responses, and counsel communications. Complete Frost Bank infrastructure — four account numbers, ACH routing credentials, line-of-credit agreements (renewed April 2026), signature cards, and monthly bank statements spanning 2022–2026. 36+ active school construction projects — blueprints, bid estimates, cost structures, subcontractor pricing, and change orders for ISD projects across Texas. A competitor's dream dataset. 2,000+ donor records from Human Services Campus (Phoenix homeless-services nonprofit) with full PII: name, address, phone, email, employer, and donation amounts. QuickBooks company files (.QBW) from Along Side Ministries (Phoenix prison ministry) containing complete accounting, donor, and likely payroll data. Thompson family personal records — owner personal insurance, loans, ranch property (Jack County), airplane ownership, bond dividends, and personal tax documents. |
| Date of Breach | 2026-09-30 |
| Discovery Date | 2026-09-30 |
| Region | US |
| Target Domain | Buford-Thompson Company, LTD |
| Business Sector | Manufacturing |
| Severity | MEDIUM |
Claim by aurora
[construction] Buford-Thompson Company, LTD, a Texas construction general contractor with 30+ years of history building schools for K-12 districts across the state. The exposed dataset totals 1.707 TB and includes: 5 years of W-2 EFW2 files (2021–2025) containing plaintext Social Security numbers, wages, and addresses for 350+ current and former employees — every SSN readable without any decryption. 9.3 GB of attorney-client privileged files from the Stanton ISD v. BTC litigation — legal strategy, discovery responses, and counsel communications. Complete Frost Bank infrastructure — four account numbers, ACH routing credentials, line-of-credit agreements (renewed April 2026), signature cards, and monthly bank statements spanning 2022–2026. 36+ active school construction projects — blueprints, bid estimates, cost structures, subcontractor pricing, and change orders for ISD projects across Texas. A competitor's dream dataset. 2,000+ donor records from Human Services Campus (Phoenix homeless-services nonprofit) with full PII: name, address, phone, email, employer, and donation amounts. QuickBooks company files (.QBW) from Along Side Ministries (Phoenix prison ministry) containing complete accounting, donor, and likely payroll data. Thompson family personal records — owner personal insurance, loans, ranch property (Jack County), airplane ownership, bond dividends, and personal tax documents.
Posted by the aurora threat actor on its public leak site. This is the group's own statement and has not been independently verified by HackerFeeds.
Sources
Victim website
Buford-Thompson Company, LTD
Leak post (onion / Tor)
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