Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsForestdale
Claimed by moneymessage · listed 9 days ago
Status timeline
- Listed
May 11, 2026
- Data leaked
At a glance
- Group
- moneymessage
- Status
- Data leaked
- Country
- GB
- Sector
- Business Services
- Listed on leak site
- May 11, 2026
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profileForestdale is a child welfare agency headquartered in Queens, New York, operating from three offices across Queens and Brooklyn. The organization provides foster care, adoption services, and community partnership programs aimed at addressing the root causes of family crises and supporting abused and neglected children. In 2020, Forestdale received a multimillion-dollar contract to expand services throughout Brooklyn, and its Queens campus spans three and a half acres with recreational facilities.
- Industry
- Child Welfare & Social Services
- Address
- Queens, New York, USA (with additional offices in Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn)
Attack summary
Severity: critical — Forestdale is a child welfare agency handling highly sensitive PII of vulnerable populations including abused and neglected children, foster families, and adoptive families. A 2TB exfiltration from such an organisation almost certainly involves regulated child welfare records, minor PII, and family case data — among the most sensitive categories of personal data. Data has been published.The moneymessage group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 2TB of sensitive private data from Forestdale, with the post indicating data has been published via a downloadable file link. No ransom amount was stated and no proof images were listed in the post.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- Sensitive private data (2TB)
- Potential child welfare case records
- Potential foster care and adoption records
- Potential personally identifiable information of minors and families
The group's post references roughly 1 proof file.
Original description
AI-summarised, not from the leak postN/A
The leak post
captured from the group's site```
[{"incidentDate":"2026.05.11","data":{"name":"Forestdale","timer":{"isEnabled":false,"expirationTime":"2026-05-10T12:00:00.000-08:00"},"incidentDate":"11.05.2026","description":"Forestdale is a child welfare agency headquartered in Queens. In addition to ensuring the well-being of abused and neglected children through foster care and adoption services, Forestdale partners with schools, religious organizations, business owners, and community leaders to address the root causes of family crises. The three-and-a-half-acre campus includes open fields, a basketball court, and a JetBlue playground. In 2020, Forestdale received a multimillion-dollar contract to provide services throughout Brooklyn and open offices approximately half a mile from its original location in Brooklyn Heights. Forestdale operates from three offices to better serve families in Brooklyn and Queens.\r\n\r\nWebsite:www.forestdaleinc.org\r\n\r\nRevenue:$40 Million\r\n\r\nSensitive private data: 2TB\r\n\r\nWait for data","images":[],"links":[],"downloadFiles":[{"file":"\/pub\/029\/","text":""}]}}]
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Source
Indexed 9 days agoThis 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.
