Was njpcs.org hit by ransomware?

njpcs.org was listed by the Lynx ransomware operation (United States), 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 Lynx ransomware group?

Lynx 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 njpcs.org breach?

Lynx published data attributed to njpcs.org. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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NJ Pain Care Specialists

listed as njpcs.org · Claimed by Lynx · listed 4 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedMar 26, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Lynx
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: Mar 26, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

NJ Pain Care Specialists is an interventional pain management practice based in New Jersey, founded by Dr. Harris Bram, MD. The practice specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic neck and back pain, offering minimally-invasive procedures such as spinal cord stimulation, epidural steroid injections, and radiofrequency ablation. It operates across three locations in Oakhurst, Toms River, and East Brunswick, NJ, serving patients with conditions including neuropathic pain, spinal stenosis, and herniated discs.

Industry: Interventional Pain Management & Medical Practice
Address: Multiple locations in Oakhurst, NJ; Toms River, NJ; and East Brunswick, NJ

Attack summary

Severity: critical — This is a medical practice handling sensitive patient health information (PHI) and PII including insurance, injury, and treatment records. Data has been confirmed published by the threat actor, constituting exfiltration of regulated medical data subject to HIPAA, at a practice treating potentially vulnerable patients.

The Lynx ransomware group claims to have attacked NJ Pain Care Specialists and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of company and likely patient data. No ransom amount was stated and no specific data volume was disclosed.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Patient medical records
Patient personal information (PII)
Insurance information
Worker compensation and auto accident injury records
Patient forms
Business/operational data

What the group claims

NJ Pain Care Specialists is a leading interventional pain management practice located in New Jersey, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic neck and back pain. Founded by Dr. Harris Bram, the clinic offers a range of minimally-invasive procedures, including spinal cord stimulation and epidural steroid injections, to effectively manage pain. The practice caters to patients suffering from various conditions, including neuropathic pain and spinal stenosis, and is known for its compassionate and personalized care. With multiple locations in Oakhurst, Toms River, and East Brunswick, NJ Pain Care Specialists aims to provide quick and effective solutions for their clients

Sources

Victim sitenjpcs.org
Leak posthttp://lynxchatly4zludmhmi75jrwhycnoqvkxb4prohxmyzf4euf5gjxroad.onion/leaks/69b91b239c439c5f4505d926

Source

Indexed 4 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Lynx

Lynx is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in July 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating rapid scaling capabilities with 397 documented victims within their first few months of operation. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their targeting patterns suggest a sophisticated operation that may operate independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on their victim distribution, Lynx appears to employ broad-spectrum targeting methodologies focusing heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and Australia representing their primary geographic targets, while concentrating their attacks on manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation/logistics sectors, though specific technical details regarding their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not yet been extensively documented by major security research organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents that have gained significant public attention from law enforcement agencies or established threat intelligence firms. As of late 2024, Lynx appears to remain active with no reported law enforcement disruptions or operational changes. The group has been linked to 414 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2024; most recent post June 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 26, 2026njpcs.org listed by Lynxon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Lynx

Lynx has been linked to 414 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 Education sector, which has 1,082 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, njpcs.org is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Lynx means njpcs.org 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, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Lynx'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.