Was EvansPetree hit by ransomware?

EvansPetree was listed by the Storm ransomware operation (United States), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the Storm ransomware group?

Storm is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the EvansPetree breach?

Storm published data attributed to EvansPetree. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Evans Petree, P.C.

listed as EvansPetree · Claimed by Storm · listed 1 day ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedAug 7, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Storm
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Listed on leak site: Aug 7, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Evans Petree, P.C. is a law firm based in Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 1907 and specializing in dispute resolution, litigation, and a broad range of legal practice areas including corporate, real estate, labor, and intellectual property law. The firm operates multiple offices across Tennessee and Mississippi with 51-200 employees.

Industry: Legal Services / Dispute Resolution & Litigation
Address: 1715 Aaron Brenner Drive, Suite 800, Memphis, TN 38120, United States
Employees: 51-200
Founded: 1907

Attack summary

Severity: high — Law firm compromise poses high risk due to attorney-client privileged communications, sensitive client data, and potential exposure of confidential legal strategies. Confirmed data publication by ransomware group, though specific data inventory and proof count not detailed in the post.

The Storm group claims to have compromised Evans Petree and published data from the firm. The leak post does not specify whether encryption occurred or detail the scope of exfiltrated data.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

client records
legal documents
attorney work product
confidential communications

What the group claims

Evans Petree has maintained a strong and effective dispute resolution/litigation practice for over 100 years. The company's dispute resolution/litigation attorneys are skilled at negotiation, mediation, arbitration and other dispute resolution mechanisms in hopes of resolving your disputes and issues quickly and economically. "Preventive maintenance" and early discussion about resolution can often lead to the success of your objectives. If litigation becomes unavoidable, Evans Petree can handle the most complex cases at all levels of the court systems, from administrative matters to federal and state court trials and appeals. The company's objective is to provide you with aggressive, value-conscious representation and work together to successfully advocate your position. The company headquarters is located in 1715 Aaron Brenner Drive, Suite 800, Memphis, TN 38120, United States. 51-200 Employees

Sources

Victim siteevanspetree.com
Leak posthttp://yqhecvqtdvq6p7duqcgw2qca77spbgakxcoibtx6zpvfshltsbbbhfqd.onion/company/6a73280f318c975b8c8812f5

Source

Indexed 1 day ago

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Disclosure context

About Storm

Storm is a ransomware group first observed in August 2026, operating with an apparent financial motivation based on its targeting profile, though limited public documentation exists given its recent emergence and relatively small victim footprint. The group has claimed or been attributed to attacks against at least six known victims, with the United States representing its primary target geography. Storm has demonstrated a preference for targeting the healthcare and manufacturing sectors, alongside a broader category of other industries, suggesting an opportunistic rather than highly specialized targeting philosophy. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited victim count, comprehensive technical details regarding its initial access vectors, encryption methodology, tooling, or affiliation with known threat actor ecosystems have not yet been formally documented by CISA, the FBI, Mandiant, or other major threat intelligence publishers as of the time of this writing. No confirmed RaaS infrastructure, dark web leak site activity, or law enforcement actions against the group have been publicly attributed or reported in open sources. Given its nascent operational timeline beginning in 2026, Storm should be monitored as an emerging threat, particularly within the healthcare sector where ransomware attacks carry significant operational and patient safety implications, but analysts should treat any further characterization beyond the known victim and targeting data with caution pending additional corroborating intelligence. The group has been linked to 9 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 7, 2026; most recent post August 8, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

August 7, 2026EvansPetree listed by Stormon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Storm

Storm has been linked to 9 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full Storm dossier →

Sector and geography

Geographically, EvansPetree is reported in United States, a country with 3,159 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Storm means EvansPetree appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Storm's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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.