Disclosure context

About Hunters International

Hunters International is a ransomware group that emerged in October 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating rapid expansion in their victim targeting across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented by major security agencies, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a established Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on publicly available victim data, Hunters International has demonstrated a preference for targeting business services, technology, and manufacturing sectors, with their attacks primarily concentrated in English-speaking countries including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence organizations such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant, limiting detailed analysis of their initial access vectors, encryption methods, or data exfiltration practices. With 388 documented victims since their emergence, the group has shown consistent activity levels, though specific high-profile campaigns or notable ransom demands have not been widely reported in public threat intelligence reports. As of current reporting, Hunters International appears to remain active with no documented law enforcement disruptions or operational changes reported by major cybersecurity agencies. The group has been linked to 388 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 20, 2023; most recent post March 26, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Hunters.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 9, 2026Vertex Inc. listed by Hunters Internationalon the group's public leak site

Records: 2M records

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,524 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Vertex Inc. is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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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Vertex Inc.

Claimed by Hunters International · listed 2 months ago

2M records

Records

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 9, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Hunters International
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Mar 9, 2026
Records: 2M records

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Vertex Inc. is a United States-based technology company. No public site content was available to elaborate on its specific products, services, or scale. The company is identified by the ransomware group Hunters International as operating in the technology sector.

Industry: Technology

Attack summary

Severity: high — The group claims exfiltration of over 2 million records containing PII at scale, which represents significant data exposure. While not yet confirmed as published (deadline pending), the volume and nature of the claimed data warrants a high severity rating; it would escalate to critical if regulated data (financial, medical) is confirmed within the dataset.

Hunters International claims to have exfiltrated over 2 million records containing PII and internal corporate data from Vertex Inc., issuing a final warning deadline of 12 March 2026 before publishing the data and threatening additional unspecified 'digital problems'.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Internal corporate data

What the group claims

Over 2M records containing PII and other internal corporate data have been compromised. This is a final warning to reach out by 12 Mar 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that'll come your way. Make the right decision, don't be the next headline. | Updated: 10 Mar 2026 | Warning: FINAL WARNING

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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