Disclosure context

About pear

The Pear ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in August 2025, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on their recent emergence and limited public documentation, specific details about their country of origin and organizational structure remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a financially-driven operation that may operate independently or as part of a smaller ransomware-as-a-service model. With 65 documented victims since their August 2025 debut, the group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, and Switzerland, with particular focus on healthcare, business services, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Their attack methodology and specific technical details have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies, though their rapid victim acquisition suggests they have established effective initial access and encryption capabilities. Notable campaigns and high-profile attacks have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, or major security research organizations, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small scale compared to established ransomware operations. As of late 2025, Pear appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim targeting across multiple geographic regions and industry verticals. The group has been linked to 87 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 5, 2025; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 26, 2026The Odom Firm listed by pearon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, The Odom Firm is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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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The Odom Firm

Claimed by pear · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 26, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: pear
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Feb 26, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Odom Firm, PLLC is a small law firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina, specializing in eminent domain and land condemnation, land use and zoning, and personal injury matters. The firm's attorneys, Tommy Odom and Martha Odom, represent both individuals and businesses and have contributed to shaping eminent domain law in North Carolina. The practice also covers easements, covenants, zoning variances, auto accidents, product liability, and Social Security disability.

Industry: Legal Services — Eminent Domain & Land Use Law
Address: 1109 Greenwood Cliff, Charlotte, NC 28204
Employees: 1-10

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published by the threat actor. A law firm handles privileged attorney-client communications and sensitive personal and business legal records, including PII of clients involved in injury, disability, and property disputes, constituting significant sensitive data exposure.

The ransomware group 'pear' claims to have exfiltrated data from The Odom Firm and has published the data (disclosed status: data_published). The leak post references client matter types handled by the firm, suggesting access to case-related files containing sensitive client information.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client case files
Legal documents related to eminent domain matters
Land use and zoning records
Personal injury case files
Client contact and intake information

What the group claims

Representing individuals and businesses in matters related to easements, agreements, and zoning, including variances and appeals

Sources

Victim sitemecklaw.com
Leak posthttp://pearsmob5sn44ismokiusuld34pnfwi6ctgin3qbvonpoob4lh3rmtqd.onion/Companies/mecklaw

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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