Mutualista Imbabura Listed by vect Ransomware Group

On February 13, 2026, the Ecuadorian financial cooperative Mutualista Imbabura appeared on the leak site of the vect ransomware group with 300GB of stolen internal files marked as leaked. The exposed data includes customer financial records such as loans, savings and account balances, credit and loan portfolio details, payroll and salary information, employee personal data, and national ID documents.

Reported Details from Reporting

Public reporting indicates the cooperative suffered a ransomware intrusion that led to both encryption and exfiltration. The vect group published a sample of the stolen material and listed Mutualista Imbabura as fully leaked after the victim did not meet the demanded ransom. Available reporting describes the incident as affecting a regulated financial entity responsible for loans, savings accounts, and payroll services across its membership base. Exact number of individuals impacted remains unknown, but the breadth of records suggests thousands of customers and employees could have personal and financial details now circulating in criminal channels.

Customer financial records, national ID documents, and payroll data represent the core categories confirmed exposed. The leak site entry carries a timestamp of February 13, 2026, and lists the data volume at 300GB.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a financial institution loses control of loan files, salary records, and national identification numbers, the information can be used to file fraudulent credit applications, drain linked accounts, or impersonate victims to open new lines of credit. If you or anyone in your household holds an account, loan, or receives payroll through Mutualista Imbabura, your family’s financial stability is now at higher risk. Criminals combine these records with other leaked data to build convincing profiles that bypass basic security questions at other banks or government agencies.

Children and spouses listed on family accounts or appearing in employee records can also become targets. A single exposed national ID can lead to years of paperwork and credit damage that affects college loans, rental applications, or future employment background checks for every member of the household.

The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risk

Financial leaks rarely stay isolated. National ID numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and salary details serve as anchor points that link disparate online handles, email addresses, and gaming usernames back to real people. Once criminals map these connections, they can move from financial fraud to full doxxing—publishing home addresses, children’s names, or workplace details on public forums. Credential leaks like this one frequently cascade into account takeovers on email, social media, and gaming platforms, creating long-term exposure that can follow your family for years.

vect Ransomware Group Track Record

Public reporting attributes vect as a ransomware operation that emerged in late 2024. The group is known for targeting mid-sized organizations in finance, healthcare, and local government sectors. Notable prior victims include several Latin American cooperatives and European manufacturing firms. Their typical playbook involves initial access through phishing or exploited remote desktop credentials, followed by rapid exfiltration of sensitive files before deploying encryption. vect then uses dual extortion: threatening to publish stolen data on their leak site while simultaneously demanding payment to prevent release. When victims refuse to pay, the group consistently follows through with full leaks, as seen in the Mutualista Imbabura case.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your emails, phone numbers, national ID, and online handles that may have been exposed in this breach.
• Rotate any password you used at Mutualista Imbabura anywhere else it is reused, and switch to 2FA through an authenticator app rather than SMS.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms so the next leak exposing you or your family is caught within hours instead of months.
• Cover the household with DoxxScan family protection that extends to dependents and children’s gaming accounts, which often become entry points for identity-chain attacks after credential leaks like this one.
• Let remediation specialists handle the ongoing work of submitting takedown requests to data brokers and monitoring for misuse of the exposed national ID and financial records.

The incident underscores that financial cooperatives remain attractive targets and that waiting for notification letters leaves your family exposed longer than necessary. Start your DoxxScan trial today and put continuous monitoring, identity-chain mapping, and hands-on remediation specialists between the leaked data and the criminals who now possess it. DoxxScan by GalaxyWarden is built precisely for these situations, giving ordinary families the same early-warning and cleanup capabilities once reserved for large organizations.