Disclosure context

About lockbit5

Based on the provided data, LockBit5 appears to be a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in December 2025, representing what may be a new iteration or rebrand within the LockBit ransomware ecosystem, with primary financial motivations evidenced by their targeting of high-value sectors. Given the LockBit naming convention and the timing of emergence, this group likely operates from Eastern Europe or Russia and may represent either a continuation of previous LockBit operations or a new affiliate group leveraging the established LockBit brand, though specific organizational details remain undocumented by major security agencies. While detailed attack methodologies have not been publicly documented by CISA, FBI, or major security researchers, the group's targeting pattern across 157 victims suggests a broad-spectrum approach focusing on technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation sectors primarily in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Italy, and Mexico. Due to the group's recent emergence in December 2025, there are no publicly documented notable campaigns or major incidents reported by established threat intelligence sources, though the victim count indicates active operations. The group appears to be currently active based on the recent first observation date, though comprehensive analysis from major security agencies has not yet been published given the short timeframe since emergence. The group has been linked to 252 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 7, 2025; most recent post May 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 29, 2026stllc.org listed by lockbit5on 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, stllc.org 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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St. Luke Lutheran Community

listed as stllc.org · Claimed by lockbit5 · listed 22 days ago

21d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 29, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: lockbit5
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Apr 29, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

St. Luke Lutheran Community is a not-for-profit, faith-based continuing care senior community headquartered in North Canton, Ohio. It operates four campuses across northeastern Ohio offering independent living, assisted living, short-term rehabilitation, memory care, nursing care, and therapy services. The organization serves older adults 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Industry: Senior Care & Assisted Living (Non-Profit Continuing Care)
Address: 220 Applegrove St. NE, North Canton, OH (primary campus); also 615 Latham Lane, Akron, OH; 4301 Woodale Ave. SE, Minerva, OH; 201 Holl Rd. NE, North Canton, OH

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The victim is a multi-site senior care and nursing facility handling highly sensitive regulated data including medical records, personally identifiable information, and health information for vulnerable elderly residents — falling squarely under HIPAA-regulated PHI. Data has been published, confirming exfiltration at a healthcare/social care organization.

LockBit 5 claims to have attacked St. Luke Lutheran Community and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of organizational data from a non-profit senior care provider handling sensitive resident and patient information.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Resident personal information
Patient medical/care records
Employee records
Financial records
Contact and correspondence data

What the group claims

Welcome to St. Luke Lutheran Community St. Luke Lutheran Community is a not-for-profit, continuing...

Sources

Victim sitestllc.org
Leak posthttp://lockbitapt67g6rwzjbcxnww5efpg4qok6vpfeth7wx3okj52ks4wtad.onion/post/6de4e7feefc9e0638b0ae938afc6c437

Source

Indexed 22 days ago

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