Disclosure context

About medusalocker

MedusaLocker is a ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting organizations across multiple sectors including technology, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reports, though their operational patterns suggest they may operate as part of the broader ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem that has proliferated in recent years. With 51 documented victims primarily concentrated in the United States, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Canada, and Antigua and Barbuda, MedusaLocker appears to focus on opportunistic targeting rather than specific geographic or sectoral specialization. The group's attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their targeting of critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare and energy suggests they likely employ common ransomware tactics such as network encryption and potential data exfiltration. No major high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement disruptions against MedusaLocker have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or other major security agencies. The current operational status of MedusaLocker remains unclear due to limited public documentation, though the relatively recent emergence date suggests the group may still be active or have transitioned to other operations. The group has been linked to 67 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 15, 2022; most recent post May 5, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 5, 2026Desert Christian Schools (DCS) listed by medusalockeron the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Education sector, which has 694 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Desert Christian Schools (DCS) 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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Desert Christian Schools (DCS)

Claimed by medusalocker · listed 15 days ago

15d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 5, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: medusalocker
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: May 5, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Desert Christian Schools (DCS) is a K-12 private Christian school affiliated with First Baptist Church of Lancaster, California. The school operates childcare programs in partnership with the California Department of Family and Child Services (DCFS) and participates in community programs such as the City of Lancaster Water Safety program. It manages payroll through ADP and maintains standard nonprofit/school financial reporting.

Industry: K-12 Private Christian Education
Address: Lancaster, California, USA

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Published data includes regulated PII categories: payroll records (employee financial/tax data including 1099s), DCFS childcare program records (which likely contain minor children's personally identifiable information — a highly sensitive protected class), and internal financial documents. Involvement of minors' records under a government childcare program elevates this to critical severity.

MedusaLocker claims to have exfiltrated sensitive data from Desert Christian Schools, publishing files that include payroll records, financial documents, childcare program records, and School Board minutes. The disclosure status indicates data has been published rather than merely threatened.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

ADP payroll records
DCFS childcare program records
City of Lancaster Water Safety program records
Profit & Loss statements
Balance sheets
Trial balance documents
1099 tax forms
School Board minutes (2025)

What the group claims

K-12 Christian school affiliated with First Baptist Church of Lancaster, CA. ADP payroll, DCFS childcare program, City of Lancaster Water Safety program. Financial docs: P&L, Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, 1099s. School Board minutes 2025.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

File Manager File Manager home page BARAAAI Data is being prepared for publication. BAPAMAI Data is being prepared for publication. BAUARAI Data is being prepared for publication. BAVADAI Data is being prepared for publication. BAVACAI Data is being prepared for publication. BAVAQAI Data is being prepared for publication. Raycolighting DEMO 3137 S Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90058, USA $10 000 Organization with 2 emails extracted. Domain: raycolighting.com baralai Data is being prepared for publication. CEAGESP / Netfeirasp DEMO São Paulo, Brazil $20 000 Brazilian produce wholesale market network. Domain netfeirasp.ceagesp (CEAGESP). Also demarchibrasil.com.br accounts. Colegio María Inmaculada (CMI) DEMO Moravia, San José, Costa Rica $50000 Catholic school in Moravia, Costa Rica. Domain cmi.local / mariainmaculada.ed.cr. Servers: CMI-DC01, CMI-APP, CMI-HTTP2, main-server1/2. Académie de Montpellier / CSJM DEMO Béziers, Occitanie, France $15000 French public school network. Domain CSJM.BEZIERS, part of Académie de Montpellier (ac-montpellier.fr). Occitanie region (laregion.fr). Teacher and admin staff credentials. Palmers Relocations DEMO Victoria, Australia $63 000 Australian …

Sources

Leak posthttp://t33zoj4qwv455fog7qnb2azi5xcdxkixughmmduzbw2rtdgryqfbh6id.onion/company/dcs-lancaster/

Source

Indexed 15 days ago

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