Disclosure context

About m3rx

Based on the limited publicly available information, m3rx is an emerging ransomware group first observed in April 2026 with a relatively small victim count of eight organizations, suggesting they are either a newly formed operation or a smaller-scale criminal enterprise focused on financial gain. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, with no documented evidence from major security vendors or law enforcement agencies regarding their geographical base, operational structure, or whether they operate as an independent cell or as part of a larger ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by established threat intelligence sources, though their targeting pattern indicates a preference for English-speaking nations including Great Britain, Australia, and the United States, as well as operations in Switzerland and Italy, with victims spanning consumer services, business services, technology, and healthcare sectors. No major campaigns, high-profile victims, or significant ransoms have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable security researchers, likely due to the group's recent emergence and limited scope of operations. Given their recent first observation date and small victim count, m3rx appears to be in early operational stages with their current activity status and long-term viability remaining uncertain. The group has been linked to 19 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 29, 2026; most recent post May 17, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 17, 2026psbsementi.it listed by m3rxon 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, psbsementi.it is reported in IT, a country with 195 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Società Produttori Sementi S.p.A.

listed as psbsementi.it · Claimed by m3rx · listed 4 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 17, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: m3rx
Status: Data leaked
Country: IT
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: May 17, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Società Produttori Sementi S.p.A. (PSB Sementi) is an Italian agricultural company headquartered in San Severino Marche (Macerata province) specialising in the production and commercialisation of certified seeds for cereals and legumes, including durum wheat, soft wheat, barley, oats, triticale, chickpea, lentil, sunflower and alfalfa. The company conducts its own plant-breeding research and genetic selection in partnership with external research centres such as CERMIS. It also operates digital traceability and agronomic advisory platforms (INFOSEMINA, GRANO.NET) aimed at supporting farmers.

Industry: Certified Seed Production & Agricultural Research
Address: Loc. Rocchetta, San Severino Marche (MC), Italy

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published/offered, indicating confirmed exfiltration; however, no regulated PII at scale, medical, financial, or government data is evidenced, and no specifics on data volume or sensitivity have been disclosed in the leak post.

The ransomware group m3rx claims to have compromised PSB Sementi and published data derived from the attack, inviting interested parties to contact them via Tox for access to the exfiltrated material. No encryption claim or ransom demand is explicitly stated, but the 'data_published' disclosure status indicates data has been released or is being offered.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate business data
Potentially internal agricultural/research records
Potentially customer and supplier contact information

What the group claims

+39 051 890 421. Società Produttori Sementi S.p.A. (PSB) is one of Italy’s oldest and most prestigious agricultural enterprises, specializing in the research, genetic improvement, multiplication, and distribution of certified seeds. For over a century, PSB has been a cornerstone of the Mediterranean agricultural supply chain, bridging the gap between scientific field research and the industrial food sector. Stolen: 364gb 280k files

The leak post

captured from the group's site

If you are interested in this data, please contact our support.Tox: 9A1217BEDA4AB77052A25D17CB6FFB34AFA2BE462E607F2FD8E1DF1DDD4CA16A64E18B1A0BF2

Sources

Victim sitepsbsementi.it
Leak posthttp://4k6plf4h2cm2nco6ae3inrsxnmqgl6lllmwefydhnlcq4tuhwbj4qpad.onion#psbsementi.it

Source

Indexed 4 days ago

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