Disclosure context

About chaos

Based on the limited publicly available information, Chaos is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in March 2025, appearing to be financially motivated given their ransom demands and targeting patterns. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their operational model and whether they operate as Ransomware-as-a-Service or as an independent entity has not been definitively established by security researchers. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities are not yet well-documented in public threat intelligence reports, though their targeting suggests they employ common initial access vectors to compromise victims across multiple sectors. Chaos has claimed 41 victims primarily concentrated in the United States, Germany, Poland, Malaysia, and Sweden, with a particular focus on technology companies, financial services, business services, and manufacturing sectors, though the scope and impact of their most significant attacks have not been widely publicized. The group currently appears to be active based on recent victim claims, though comprehensive analysis from major security firms regarding their long-term operational capabilities and potential law enforcement actions remains limited due to their recent emergence in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 53 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 31, 2025; most recent post May 17, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 17, 2026fallprotect.com listed by chaoson 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. Geographically, fallprotect.com is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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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Diversified Fall Protection

listed as fallprotect.com · Claimed by chaos · listed 3 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 17, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: chaos
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 17, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Diversified Fall Protection is a US-based company specializing in the design, engineering, fabrication, and installation of OSHA-compliant fall protection systems. The company serves a wide range of industries including aerospace, construction, oil & gas, government & military, healthcare, and utilities. It offers products such as anchor points, cable lifelines, rigid rail systems, roof guardrails, and confined space equipment, alongside services including hazard assessment, training, and inspections.

Industry: Fall Protection Systems Design, Fabrication & Installation

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Exfiltration is claimed and the disclosure status is data_published, but no specific regulated data categories (PII at scale, medical, financial records) are identified in the leak post, and no data size or detailed inventory was provided. The company serves government and military sectors which slightly elevates concern, but insufficient detail exists to escalate to high.

The Chaos ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated confidential data from Diversified Fall Protection and issued a 72-hour ultimatum to company management to make contact, threatening to publish the stolen data on their public platform if no response is received. The post is categorized as data_published, indicating the data may have already been or is staged for release.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Confidential company data

What the group claims

Company management has exactly 72 hours to contact us. Otherwise, the organization’s data—which contains confidential information—will be published on our public platform, and the possibility of further negotiations will be ruled out. Diversified Fall Protection specializes in the design, fab…

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 days ago

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