What happened

The Qilin ransomware/extortion group listed Smart Energies, a Paris-based developer and operator of solar, hydroelectric and biogas power plants across Europe and Africa, among five new victims added to its dark-web leak site around 18–19 August 2026 (alongside Philippe Hottinguer Group, InVentry, W.I.S. Logistics and Medochemie). The listing was reported by the ransomware-tracking outlet RedPacket Security and by the monitoring account FalconFeeds. No technical detail, data sample, ransom amount or confirmation from Smart Energies itself was available at the time of this entry, and there is no indication of any operational impact on the company's generation assets. Qilin leak-site claims are self-reported by the extortion group and have not always proven accurate or complete in past cases, so this is recorded as an unconfirmed corporate data-theft claim rather than a documented breach.

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