Disclosure context

About safepay

The Safepay ransomware group is a newly emerged threat actor first observed in November 2024, demonstrating rapid operational scale with 444 documented victims in a short timeframe, indicating financially motivated cybercriminal activity. Due to the group's recent emergence, publicly documented information about their country of origin, affiliations, and operational model remains limited among established threat intelligence sources. Given the recency of their appearance and lack of detailed technical analysis from major security firms, their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors including manufacturing, technology, education, and healthcare, with primary focus on victims in the United States, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, though no specific high-profile campaigns or notable incidents have been publicly attributed to them by major security vendors or law enforcement agencies. As of the latest available intelligence, Safepay appears to remain active, though comprehensive threat profiling is limited due to the group's recent emergence and the current lack of detailed technical analysis from established cybersecurity research organizations. The group has been linked to 487 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 19, 2024; most recent post May 21, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 18, 2026mediafrance.de listed by safepayon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Consumer Services sector, which has 396 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, mediafrance.de is reported in DE, a country with 333 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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MediaFrance

listed as mediafrance.de · Claimed by safepay · listed 2 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 18, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: safepay
Status: Data leaked
Country: DE
Sector: Consumer Services
Listed on leak site: May 18, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

MediaFrance is a European media and advertising organization specializing in digital communication, branded content production, and multimedia marketing services. It operates primarily in France with partnerships across European markets, serving SMEs through collaborations with major media outlets such as Forbes, Le Figaro, BFM, Marie Claire, and La Tribune. The company produces branded interviews, sponsored editorial content, promotional videos, and multimedia campaigns.

Industry: Digital Media & Branded Content Marketing

Attack summary

Severity: medium — The status is listed as data_published suggesting exfiltration occurred, but no proof files, data volume, or specific data types have been enumerated yet in the post; the link is stated as 'coming soon', limiting confirmed impact to moderate at this stage.

The Safepay ransomware group claims to have compromised MediaFrance and has disclosed the victim, with data publication indicated as the status; however, no specific data volume, exfiltration details, or proof files are described in the post, and a download link is noted as forthcoming.

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What the group claims

The company operates primarily in France while maintaining media-related partnerships and activities across European markets, including Germany. Its business model …

The leak post

captured from the group's site

MediaFrance is a European media and advertising organization specializing in digital communication, branded content production, and multimedia marketing services.
The company operates primarily in France while maintaining media-related partnerships and activities across European markets, including Germany. Its business model focuses on helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) improve visibility through collaborations with major national media outlets and digital publishing platforms.The organization produces branded interviews, sponsored editorial content, promotional videos, and multimedia campaigns distributed through well-known media channels such as Forbes, Le Figaro, BFM, Marie Claire, and La Tribune. These partnerships enable clients to achieve broader public exposure and strengthen brand reputation through professionally produced content.
The link will be added soon.

Sources

Victim sitemediafrance.de
Leak posthttp://safepaypfxntwixwjrlcscft433ggemlhgkkdupi2ynhtcmvdgubmoyd.onion/blog/post/mediafrancede/

Source

Indexed 2 days ago

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