South Hays Fire Department
medusa listed this organization on its leak site on Feb 14, 2026.
- Listing date
- Feb 14, 2026
- Attack date
- Jan 29, 2026
- Ransom demand
- 100000
Listing text
Hays County Emergency Services District 3 provides essential fire prevention and emergency services to the South Hays County area. The district focuses on recruiting full-time firefighters and is dedicated to community safety and preparedness. In addition to emergency response, the district promotes public knowledge on fire safety and outdoor burning regulations. Their commitment to accessibility ensures that all community members can engage with their services effectively. The company headquarters is located in 3528 Hunter Road, San Marcos, Texas 78666. 11-50 Employees
About the group
medusa posted its first listing on Jan 11, 2023 and has listed 517 organizations to date.
Medusa is a ransomware-as-a-service operation active since June 2021 that has targeted over 300 victims across critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare, education, legal, and manufacturing using double-extortion, with attacks surging 42% between 2023 and 2024 and a formal CISA advisory issued in early 2025.
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What does this listing mean?
Ransomware groups move data out of the organization before encrypting systems and threaten to publish it if the ransom is not paid. This method is called double extortion.
The listing shows that the group claims to have targeted the organization. Whether the data was published is shown by the later status of the listing.
What should you do if your organization is listed on a leak site?
- Record the listing and any published sample files; do not visit the leak site from the corporate network.
- Isolate affected systems and preserve logs without deleting them.
- Determine which data left the organization; if personal data is involved, review notification obligations with your legal team.
- Make any decision about the ransom demand together with legal, management and incident response.
- Do not bring systems back online before the attacker’s entry point is closed.
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