Disclosure context

About SilentRansomGroup

Based on the limited available information, SilentRansomGroup is a relatively new ransomware operation that first emerged in May 2025, appearing to be financially motivated given their targeting patterns across multiple high-value sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their diverse geographic targeting including the United States, Germany, Canada, and Russia suggests either a sophisticated operation or potential ransomware-as-a-service model. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security researchers, though their targeting of business services, financial services, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors indicates they likely focus on organizations with both valuable data and ability to pay significant ransoms. With 93 known victims across multiple countries and sectors in a relatively short timeframe since May 2025, SilentRansomGroup has demonstrated notable activity levels, though specific high-profile campaigns or ransom amounts have not been publicly disclosed by CISA, FBI, or major threat intelligence firms. The group appears to remain active as of current reporting periods, though comprehensive technical analysis and attribution efforts by established security researchers are still developing given their recent emergence in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 117 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 6, 2025; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 12, 2026Porter Wright listed by SilentRansomGroupon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Porter Wright is reported in US, a country with 2,713 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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Porter Wright

Claimed by SilentRansomGroup · listed 8 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: SilentRansomGroup
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP is a full-service law firm founded in 1846, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with additional offices across the United States. The firm provides a broad range of legal services to corporate and individual clients across multiple practice areas. It is one of the older and larger law firms in the Midwest.

Industry: Legal Services
Employees: 201-500
Founded: 1846

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Law firms hold highly sensitive attorney-client privileged communications, confidential business and personal PII, financial records, and litigation strategies. Data publication by the group indicates confirmed exfiltration of likely regulated and sensitive data at scale.

SilentRansomGroup claims to have attacked Porter Wright and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), suggesting exfiltration of firm and potentially client-related data.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal files
Internal firm documents
Employee records
Confidential communications

What the group claims

Founded in 1846, Porter Wright is a full-service law firm offering legal helo for the community specia…

Source

Indexed 8 days ago

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