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Ransomware Group ShadowByt3$ Hits: BayView Real Estate

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Target organization BayView Real Estate pm.livable.com Retail & E-Commerce

Summary

In the latest cybersecurity news, BayView Real Estate — an organization based in US — has fallen victim to a ransomware attack conducted by the group ShadowByt3$. This data breach, discovered on 2026-08-29T01:51:27.108290+00:00, underscores the increasing need for proactive cybersecurity defenses as we continue through 2026.

Incident Report

Attribute Information
Target Organization BayView Real Estate
Threat Group ShadowByt3$
Summary Guess your too busy focusing on your clients then changing password and protecting your clients. We breached them through pm.livable.com. You can see screenshots and file tree in the proof section. Also bleepingcomputer we will send you the data so you can confirm it too. Were not bluffing BayView Real Estate guess you guys didn’t learn your lesson from the 26 million lawsuit but now you will.

The following data was stolen:

1. Corporate Identity and Admin Profiles

6 Individual Administrator Profiles: Complete web profile exports, account configurations, and visible permission mappings for six active employees:
– Breanna Tiu
– Diana Nguyen
– Elise Hou
– Jeanne David
– Wendy Wu
– Zhen Deng

2. High-Density Financial Database Dumping
– Building Statement Reports: The core database extraction file (Building-nK37xrmRYcoCMHymv-statements-report.pdf
– Sample Distribution Summaries: Multi-property accounting records detailing exactly how utility expenses are balanced and divided across real estate assets (including specialized trackers for 394 Midway Street).

3. Operational Infrastructure & Platform Playbooks
– Internal Corporate Handbooks: Step-by-step business guides detailing how money is processed and collected:
–  Bill & Collect: Manuals for handling payments routed directly through Livable’s platform.
– Convergent: Frameworks detailing workflows where tenants pay the property group directly.

– Software Integration Guides: Training documentation teaching personnel how to map customer data tables between platforms:
– AppFolio ID and Charges mapping logs
– Yardi system integration guides

Complete Video Tutorial Playbooks: Over 100 MB of internal instructional videos teaching how to navigate the portal, manage profiles, and export tenant lists:
– 01 PM Portal Intro
– 02 How to Setup a Tenant’s Account
– 03 How to Access the Tenant’s Account
– 04 How to Access the Allocation Table
– 05 Move Out Processing
– 06 Export tenant charges and download CSV files
– PM Portal Training – Portfolio Overview & Building Profile
– PM Portal Training – Resident Profile & Allocation Tables
– PM Portal Training – Utility Recovery Proforma, Add a Building, Export Monthly Tenant Charges

4. Tenant Communication Scripts & Branding Graphics
– Official Digital Graphics: High-resolution templates used by the company for onboarding and platform access:
– Bill & Collect Welcome Email interface maps
– Convergent Welcome Email branding templates
– Resident Portal dashboard graphical layouts
– Physical Outreach Letters: Word and PDF versions of letters sent directly to tenants regarding payments and billing statuses:
– Bill & Collect / Convergent / Net Zero Billing Tenant Welcome Letters
– Delinquency Template notification forms
– Physical Billing Statements and Net Zero Statement layouts

5. Legal Leases & Regional Utility Addenda
– 30-Day Notice Templates: Legally binding notification documents used to alter tenant agreements (30 Day Notice_Billing Method Change, Notice of Supplier Change, and Notice of Supplier and Allocation Formula Change).
– Geographic Lease Addenda Collections: Specific legal attachments containing the rules and formulas for utility billing across different municipal districts:
– California Addenda (including localized frameworks for Hayward and Los Angeles)
– National Utility Addenda / US Addenda (including localized parameters for Seattle)
– Exhibit B – Submetered Water regulatory documents
– Lease Addendum Guide instructional packets

Uncompressed size: 216653153 bytes(216.6 MB)
compressed size: 78.0MB

mirror 1: https://pixeldrain.com/u/pc8VfBLf
mirror 2: https://fex.net/s/vydmesb

Date of Breach 2026-08-29T01:51:11.731473+00:00
Discovery Date 2026-08-29T01:51:27.108290+00:00
Region US
Target Domain pm.livable.com
Business Sector Retail & E-Commerce

 

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