The Siskiyou Telephone Listed by termite Ransomware Group

On February 24, 2026, rural California internet and phone provider Siskiyou Telephone appeared on the leak site of the termite ransomware group. The company, which has served Western Siskiyou County since 1896, confirmed that internal files were allegedly exfiltrated during a ransomware attack. While the exact number of affected customers remains unknown, anyone who has ever had a landline, high-speed internet account, or business service with the provider could have personal data now in attackers’ hands.

What Public Reporting Shows

Public reporting indicates that termite posted evidence of the breach on its dark-web leak site. The data consists of internal files exfiltrated after the ransomware deployment. Siskiyou Telephone provides residential and business internet packages reaching up to 1000 Mbps as well as traditional telephone service across a largely rural area of Northern California. No precise count of exposed records has been released, and the precise types of information inside the stolen files have not been independently verified. Available reporting describes the incident as a classic ransomware attack that combined encryption of systems with later public extortion via the leak site.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

If you or anyone in your household has done business with Siskiyou Telephone, your contact details, account numbers, or billing information may now sit on a criminal server. Rural families often keep the same provider for decades, which means the same email address, phone number, or physical address has been tied to your account for years. Once that combination leaves a trusted company, it can be sold, swapped, or used to target you with phishing, identity theft, or harassment. Even if you have since switched providers, old records rarely disappear cleanly.

The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Implications

Stolen customer files rarely contain just one data point. A single leaked phone number or email can be cross-referenced with gaming accounts, social-media handles, and family-member records to build a complete picture of your household. Credential leaks like this one frequently cascade into account takeovers on streaming services, online banking, or children’s gaming platforms. Attackers follow these chains to doxx individuals, publish home addresses, or harass family members. Because Siskiyou serves an entire county, one breach can expose hundreds or thousands of interconnected identities in the same geographic cluster, making targeted follow-on attacks easier.

Termite Ransomware Group’s Track Record

Public reporting attributes the attack to the termite ransomware group. The group emerged in recent years and has focused on smaller organizations and regional service providers. Its typical playbook involves initial access through phishing or unpatched remote-desktop services, followed by exfiltration of internal documents before deploying ransomware. After encryption, termite posts samples on its leak site and demands payment to prevent full release. Notable prior victims have included other small infrastructure and service companies, though exact details remain limited in open sources.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your handles, emails, phone numbers, and real identity so you can see exactly what chains back to the Siskiyou Telephone breach.
• Rotate any password you ever used with Siskiyou Telephone anywhere it has been reused, and switch to 2FA through an authenticator app rather than text messages.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms so the next leak that touches your family is caught in hours, not months.
• Cover the household with DoxxScan family coverage that extends to dependents and children’s gaming accounts that often chain back to the same address or parent email.
• Let remediation specialists handle takedown requests across data brokers and exposed profiles while you focus on securing your own accounts.

The Siskiyou Telephone breach is a reminder that even long-established local providers can become targets, and the data they hold travels farther and faster than most families expect. Taking concrete steps now limits how far attackers can follow the chain. DoxxScan by GalaxyWarden delivers continuous monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, hands-on remediation by specialists, and full family and household coverage including children’s gaming accounts. Start your DoxxScan trial today to understand and close the gaps this incident created.