Disclosure context

About pear

The Pear ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in August 2025, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on their recent emergence and limited public documentation, specific details about their country of origin and organizational structure remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a financially-driven operation that may operate independently or as part of a smaller ransomware-as-a-service model. With 65 documented victims since their August 2025 debut, the group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, and Switzerland, with particular focus on healthcare, business services, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Their attack methodology and specific technical details have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies, though their rapid victim acquisition suggests they have established effective initial access and encryption capabilities. Notable campaigns and high-profile attacks have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, or major security research organizations, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small scale compared to established ransomware operations. As of late 2025, Pear appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim targeting across multiple geographic regions and industry verticals. The group has been linked to 87 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 5, 2025; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 4, 2026Morning Star Tours listed by pearon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Hospitality and Tourism sector, which has 159 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Morning Star Tours 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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Morning Star Tours

Claimed by pear · listed 16 days ago

16d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 4, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: pear
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Hospitality and Tourism
Listed on leak site: May 4, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Morning Star Tours is a US-based faith-focused tour operator founded in 1995 that specializes in group travel experiences centered on Biblical exploration. The company organizes guided tours to destinations such as Israel, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Germany, and the UK, partnering with churches, seminaries, and Christian organizations. It is known for handling all logistics for group travel while emphasizing spiritual and educational enrichment.

Industry: Religious & Faith-Based Tour Operations
Founded: 1995

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is listed as published, indicating confirmed exfiltration rather than a mere listing; however, no details on data type, volume, or sensitivity (e.g., PII, financial records) are provided, and the leak post contains minimal substantive information, limiting the ability to assess regulated-data exposure.

The ransomware group 'pear' claims to have published data belonging to Morning Star Tours, with the disclosure status listed as data_published. No specific details about the volume of exfiltrated data, encryption activity, or the nature of the stolen files are provided in the leak post.

medium

What the group claims

Journeys that can change lives

Sources

Victim sitemorningstartours.com
Leak posthttp://pearsmob5sn44ismokiusuld34pnfwi6ctgin3qbvonpoob4lh3rmtqd.onion/Companies/morningstartours

Source

Indexed 16 days ago

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