Ransomware victim disclosure

Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA)

Claimed by beast · listed 18 hours ago

Today

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 31, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: beast
Status: Data leaked
Country: Pakistan
Sector: Government/Law Enforcement
Listed on leak site: May 31, 2026

What the group claims

The Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) provides a range of forensic services including audio visual analysis, computer forensics, DNA and serology, pathology, latent fingerprint analysis, and trace chemistry. It supports law enforcement agencies through training and education, and is dedicated to enhancing forensic science capabilities in Pakistan to combat corruption and promote justice.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

The Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) provides a range of forensic services including audio visual analysis, computer forensics, DNA and serology, pathology, latent fingerprint analysis, and trace chemistry. It aims to support law enforcement agencies through training and education, offering courses and workshops on evidence collection and preservation. The agency also facilitates study tours for various institutions to familiarize them with its operations. PFSA is dedicated to enhancing forensic science capabilities in Pakistan to combat corruption and promote justice.
P U B L I S H E D

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA)

Sources

Leak posthttp://beast6azu4f7fxjakiayhnssybibsgjnmy77a6duufqw5afjzfjhzuqd.onion/card/punjab_forensic_science_agency

Source

Indexed 18 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About beast

The Beast ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in July 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations through their ransomware campaigns. With limited public documentation available from major security agencies, the group has demonstrated activity primarily targeting victims across the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, South Korea, and Argentina, accumulating approximately 65 known victims since their emergence. Their targeting pattern shows a focus on healthcare organizations, manufacturing companies, educational institutions, and construction firms, suggesting an opportunistic approach rather than highly specialized sector expertise. The group's recent emergence means there is insufficient public intelligence from CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other established security researchers regarding their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, or technical capabilities. Given the timeline of their first observation in mid-2025, Beast represents an active and emerging threat with their current operational status remaining unclear due to limited threat intelligence reporting from authoritative sources. The group has been linked to 93 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2025; most recent post May 31, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 31, 2026Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) listed by beaston the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Government/Law Enforcement sector. Geographically, Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) is reported in Pakistan, a country with 3 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.