Was bathfitter.com hit by ransomware?

bathfitter.com was listed by the Black Basta 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 Black Basta ransomware group?

Black Basta 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 bathfitter.com breach?

Black Basta published data attributed to bathfitter.com (~900 GB). Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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bathfitter.com

Claimed by Black Basta · listed 2 years ago

900 GB

Data size

19m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedDec 18, 2024
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Black Basta
Status: Data leaked
Country: Canada
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Dec 18, 2024
Data size: 900 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Bath Fitter is a bathroom remodeling company founded in 1984 by brothers Brian, Wayne, and Glenn Cotton. Operating from their Montréal headquarters with over 200 locations, they specialize in custom acrylic bathtubs and shower enclosures using their proprietary PermaFit® demolition-free installation method for both residential and commercial clients.

Industry: Bathroom Remodeling & Home Renovation Services
Address: 5187 Papineau, Montréal, QC H2H 1W1, Canada
Founded: 1984

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration of 900 GB containing PII at scale (employees and clients), financial/payroll data, and confidential business documents. Data already published per disclosure status.

Black Basta claims to have exfiltrated approximately 900 GB of data from Bath Fitter, including financial records, payroll information, employee and client personal data, confidential documents, NDAs, and project/3D design files.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Financial records and payroll data
Employee personal information
Client personal and home user data
Confidential documents and NDAs
Project files and 3D model drawings

What the group claims

Bath Fitter is a company specializing in bathroom remodeling, particularly known for its custom acrylic bathtubs and shower enclosures. Founded in 1984 by brothers Brian, Wayne, and Glenn Cotton, Bath Fitter initially focused on commercial renovations but has since expanded its services to residential clients, offering a demolition-free approach to bathroom upgrades.SITE: www.bathfitter.com Address : 5187 Papineau Montréal, QC H2H 1W1 CanadaTEL#: (800) 892-2847ALL DATA SIZE: ≈900gb+ 1. Financial data, Payrolls… 2. Human Resources 3. Personal clients and employees data, Home users data… 4. Confidential documents, NDA’s 5. Projects, 3D model Drawings… & etc…

Sources

Victim sitebathfitter.com

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About Black Basta

Black Basta is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in April 2022 and has since compromised approximately 800 organizations worldwide. The group operates as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model with suspected ties to the now-defunct Conti ransomware operation, though their exact country of origin remains unconfirmed by law enforcement agencies. Black Basta primarily gains initial access through phishing campaigns, exploitation of known vulnerabilities, and credential stuffing attacks, subsequently deploying their custom ransomware that employs ChaCha20 encryption algorithm and employs double extortion tactics by exfiltrating sensitive data before encryption and threatening to publish it on their leak site if ransom demands are not met. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and Italy, with a particular focus on business services, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and agriculture sectors. Notable victims have included various healthcare systems and manufacturing companies, though specific ransom amounts and high-profile attacks have not been widely disclosed in public law enforcement advisories. As of 2024, Black Basta remains an active threat with continued operations and regular updates to their leak site indicating ongoing compromise activities. The group has been linked to 1,323 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 26, 2022; most recent post January 11, 2025. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: BlackBasta.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 18, 2024bathfitter.com listed by Black Bastaon the group's public leak site

Data size: 900 GB

Other recent disclosures by Black Basta

Black Basta has been linked to 1,323 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 3,796 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, bathfitter.com is reported in Canada, a country with 1,055 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Black Basta means bathfitter.com 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 Black Basta'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.