On February 3, 2025, the Brewster Fire Department’s official website was listed on the leak site of the safepay ransomware group, with attackers claiming to have exfiltrated internal files during a ransomware incident. The department, which serves communities in the United States with emergency response, fire suppression, and public safety education, has not yet confirmed the number of individuals whose personal information may have been exposed.
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What Public Reporting Shows
Public reporting indicates the Brewster Fire Department was added to the safepay group’s data-leak portal on February 3, 2025. The listing states that internal files were taken during a ransomware attack, though the precise volume and types of data remain unverified by independent third parties. No public statement from the department detailing the breach timeline, systems affected, or specific data categories has been released as of this writing. The primary evidence consists of the group’s own leak-site posting, accessible via the onion address hosted on ransomware.live.
Why This Matters for You and Your Family
When a local fire department suffers a breach, the people most likely to be affected are the residents it serves. Internal files often contain names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, medical information from incident reports, and details about vulnerable family members who required emergency assistance. If your household has called for help in the past few years, your information could be among the records now in attackers’ hands. Even when victim counts are listed as unknown, the exposure of municipal and emergency-service data routinely touches hundreds or thousands of ordinary families in the covered area.
These records do not lose value quickly. Scammers can use them for targeted phishing, fraudulent insurance claims, or identity theft months or years later. For families with children, elderly relatives, or anyone with ongoing medical needs, the leaked details create a permanent risk of harassment or financial fraud.