Cyberattack at VA Engineering Firm

October 22, 2025

INCIDENT

Roanoke, Virginia-based construction engineering firm, The Branch Group, Inc., suffered a cyberattack in January and is now letting employee victims know their personally identifiable information ended up stolen in the hack.
“On or about January 14, 2025, we detected a network security incident, in which an unauthorized third-party attempted to access our network environment,” the company said in a letter to victims. “We immediately engaged third-party forensic specialists to assist us with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity.”
The investigation concluded on August 22 and the company found an unauthorized third party acquired certain individual personal information during this incident.

Incident Date

January 14, 2025

Estimated Cost

Unknown at this time

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified