Disclosure context

About payload

Based on the limited publicly available information, Payload is an emerging ransomware group first observed in February 2026 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted 19 documented victims across multiple countries and sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, with no documented evidence of their operational structure, country of origin, or whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or independent entity. Their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and specific tools used have not been publicly documented by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. The group has demonstrated a diverse targeting approach, focusing primarily on victims in the Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, and Dominican Republic, with particular emphasis on manufacturing, agriculture and food production, transportation/logistics, and telecommunication sectors, though the specific campaigns and ransom demands remain undisclosed in public threat intelligence reports. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation, Payload appears to be currently active but remains a relatively obscure threat actor with insufficient publicly available data to establish comprehensive intelligence assessments from major cybersecurity organizations or law enforcement agencies. The group has been linked to 46 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on February 17, 2026; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 19, 2026Elohim Law Corporation listed by payloadon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track.

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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

← All victims

Elohim Law Corporation

Claimed by payload · listed 2 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 19, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: payload
Status: Data leaked
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 19, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Elohim Law Corporation is a full-service law firm based in Singapore, operating since 2014. The firm provides a comprehensive range of legal services including corporate and commercial law, intellectual property protection, and civil or criminal litigation. It serves individuals, startups, SMEs, and international corporations.

Industry: Legal Services
Address: Singapore
Founded: 2014

Attack summary

Severity: high — A law firm holds highly sensitive and privileged client data including personal, financial, and litigation-related information. Data_published status confirms exfiltration and public release of this material, representing significant confidentiality and legal privilege breaches affecting clients.

The 'payload' ransomware group has published data related to Elohim Law Corporation under a 'data_published' disclosure status, indicating exfiltration and publication of the firm's data. No specific ransom amount or data size was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal files
Corporate and commercial law documents
Intellectual property records
Litigation case files
Internal firm data

What the group claims

Elohim Law Corporation is a full-service law firm based in Singapore, operating since 2014. The firm provides a comprehensive range of legal services, including corporate and commercial law, intellectual property protection, and civil or criminal litigation. They focus on delivering practical, customized solutions for individuals, startups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and international corporations alike.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

[ 
```
Elohim Law Corporation is a full-service law firm based in Singapore, operating since 2014.

The firm provides a comprehensive range of legal services, including corporate and commercial law, intellectual property protection, and civil or criminal litigation. They focus on delivering practical, customized solutions for individuals, startups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and international corporations alike.
```
](http://payloadrz5yw227brtbvdqpnlhq3rdcdekdnn3rgucbcdeawq2v6vuyd.onion/posts/10ce6aac-4a2d-4f5e-880c-943d762afcc7) [ Tang Seng Nitrogen & Pump Systems Pte. Ltd.  
```
Tang Seng Nitrogen & Pump Systems Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based engineering and manufacturing company established in 1990. It specializes in designing, fabricating, and servicing equipment for the marine, oil and gas, and offshore industries. Their product portfolio includes nitrogen pumping units, industrial pumps, fire-fighting systems, and oil spill response equipment.
```
](http://payloadrz5yw227brtbvdqpnlhq3rdcdekdnn3rgucbcdeawq2v6vuyd.onion/posts/acf6bc9f-c454-47cd-9ffd-36fbf55b0dc3) [ 
```
hs1992.jp is the official website of Kabushiki Gaisha Hodozuka Setsubi, a Japanese company speciali…

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Elohim Law Corporation

Sources

Leak posthttp://payloadrz5yw227brtbvdqpnlhq3rdcdekdnn3rgucbcdeawq2v6vuyd.onion/posts/10ce6aac-4a2d-4f5e-880c-943d762afcc7

Source

Indexed 2 days ago

This page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.