Was Meridian Forest Services hit by ransomware?

Meridian Forest Services was listed by the beast ransomware operation (Canada), 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 beast ransomware group?

beast 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 Meridian Forest Services breach?

beast published data attributed to Meridian Forest Services. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Meridian Forest Services

Claimed by Beast · listed 7 hours ago

Today

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedAug 24, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Beast
Status: Data leaked
Country: Canada
Sector: Agriculture and Food Production
Listed on leak site: Aug 24, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Meridian Forest Services Limited is a progressive natural resource consulting company based in British Columbia, Canada, specializing in forest engineering, silviculture, tenure management, strategic planning, geomatics, wildlife and danger tree assessment, and project management. They serve First Nations, industry stakeholders, private forest landowners, and government entities, and maintain Safe Certification through the BC Forest Safety Council.

Industry: Natural Resource Consulting & Forest Engineering
Address: PO Box 275, Unit 15-1010 Shearme Road, Coombs, BC V0R 1M0, Canada

Attack summary

Severity: low — The disclosure contains only a listing/announcement with no proof files, no data inventory details, no confirmation of exfiltration or encryption, and no operational impact stated. The post is essentially a copy of the company's own public website description.

The threat actor claims to have compromised Meridian Forest Services but the leak post contains no specific details about what data was exfiltrated, encrypted, or the nature of the alleged compromise. No operational impact or data theft details are disclosed.

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What the group claims

Meridian Forest Services Limited is a progressive natural resource consulting company that offers a range of services including forest engineering, silviculture, tenure management, strategic planning, geomatics, wildlife and danger tree assessment, and project management. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including First Nations, industry stakeholders, private forest landowners, and government entities. Committed to safety, Meridian is Safe Certified through the BC Forest Safety Council, ensuring a secure work environment. Their innovative approach positions them as a leader in the natural resource sector https://www.zoominfo.com/c/meridian-forest-services-ltd/347853013 https://www.meridianforest.ca

The leak post

captured from the group's site

Meridian Forest Services Limited is a progressive natural resource consulting company that offers a range of services including forest engineering, silviculture, tenure management, strategic planning, geomatics, wildlife and danger tree assessment, and project management. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including First Nations, industry stakeholders, private forest landowners, and government entities. Committed to safety, Meridian is Safe Certified through the BC Forest Safety Council, ensuring a secure work environment. Their innovative approach positions them as a leader in the natural resource sector

Sources

Source

Indexed 7 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About beast

The Beast ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in July 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations through their ransomware campaigns. With limited public documentation available from major security agencies, the group has demonstrated activity primarily targeting victims across the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, South Korea, and Argentina, accumulating approximately 65 known victims since their emergence. Their targeting pattern shows a focus on healthcare organizations, manufacturing companies, educational institutions, and construction firms, suggesting an opportunistic approach rather than highly specialized sector expertise. The group's recent emergence means there is insufficient public intelligence from CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other established security researchers regarding their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, or technical capabilities. Given the timeline of their first observation in mid-2025, Beast represents an active and emerging threat with their current operational status remaining unclear due to limited threat intelligence reporting from authoritative sources. The group has been linked to 105 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2025; most recent post August 24, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

August 24, 2026Meridian Forest Services listed by beaston the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by beast

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Agriculture and Food Production sector, which has 777 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Meridian Forest Services is reported in Canada, a country with 319 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by beast means Meridian Forest Services 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, CCCS (Canada), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on beast'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.