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West African Resources

26 Jul 2026 · WA · Resources & Mining
Ransomware HIGH ⚠ Unverified

What happened

The Deadlock ransomware syndicate listed ASX-listed mid-tier gold producer West African Resources Limited (ASX: WAF) on its dark web leak index, claiming to have exfiltrated confidential corporate and operational data assets. Headquartered in Subiaco, WA, with key operations at the Sanbrado mine in Burkina Faso, the company is monitoring threat actor activities alongside external cyber specialists while forensic evaluations proceed to determine whether corporate server infrastructure or employee data repositories were compromised.

Incident details

Organisation
West African Resources
Date
26 Jul 2026
Attack type
Ransomware
Severity
HIGH
Sector
Resources & Mining
State
WA
Records affected
Unknown
Threat actor
Deadlock Ransomware

Source

cyberdaily.au ↗
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