2026 Gold Star Mortgage — BrainCipher leak-site claim (unverified)
Data compromised
Actor-claimed ~10,300+ documents / ~10.5 GB including lead sheets, credit reports, tax/income docs, SSNs (BrainCipher listing; National Mortgage News screenshots) — unverified; company had not confirmed
Technical writeup
Unverified leak-site / extortion claim — BrainCipher listed Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group (~goldstarfinancial.com) around September 24, 2026. National Mortgage News (Sep 28, 2026) reported the actor claimed ~10,300 documents (~10.5 GB) including lead sheets, credit reports, and tax/income materials with SSNs, and noted a consumer class-action negligence complaint in Michigan. The company had not disclosed an incident to state AG databases and did not respond to NMN comment requests. recordsAffected remains 0 (no attested person census); companyConfirmed false.
Root cause
Unverified BrainCipher ransomware leak-site listing (Sep 24, 2026)