Was Vernon & Waldrep hit by ransomware?

Vernon & Waldrep was listed by the GLOBAL SECRET ransomware operation (United States) as a victim being extorted; data had not been published at the time of listing. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

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Vernon & Waldrep

Claimed by GLOBAL SECRET · listed 3 hours ago

274 GB (56,006 Files, 3,421 Folders)

Data size

56006 files records

Ransom

demanded

Today

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedAug 10, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: GLOBAL SECRET
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: United States
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: Aug 10, 2026
Data size: 274 GB (56,006 Files, 3,421 Folders)
Records: 56006 files
Ransom demanded: $5

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Vernon & Waldrep OB-Gyn Associates is a medical practice of seven obstetricians and gynecologists located in Dallas, Texas, serving the metroplex since 1983. They provide obstetric, gynecological, and aesthetic/wellness services, with delivery privileges at Medical City Dallas Women's Hospital.

Industry: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Address: 7777 Forest Lane Building D, Suite D570, Dallas, TX 75230
Employees: 21-50
Founded: 1983

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Healthcare provider with confirmed exfiltration of large-scale patient data (274 GB) including medical records and PII. This constitutes regulated healthcare data (HIPAA-protected) at significant scale affecting an active clinical practice.

GLOBAL SECRET claims to have exfiltrated 274 GB of data (56,006 files, 3,421 folders) from Vernon & Waldrep. The group lists the practice as a victim with encryption and data theft; specific data types at stake include patient medical records and practice operational files.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Patient medical records
Patient health information
Practice administrative files
Patient appointment records
Patient contact information

What the group claims

Vernon & Waldrep is a practice of five obstetricians and gynecologists serving patients in the metroplex since 1983. They offer personalized care, latest surgical options, and deliver at Medical City Dallas Women's Hospital.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

Country: Texas, United States | Website: vernonwaldrep.com | Revenue: $5 Million | Industry: Physicians, Mental Health Specialists | Employees: 21–50 | Properties: 274 GB (56,006 Files, 3,421 Folders)
Vernon & Waldrep is a practice of five obstetricians and gynecologists serving patients in the metroplex since 1983. They offer personalized care, latest surgical options, and deliver at Medical City Dallas Women's Hospital.

Screenshot of the leak post

Sources

Victim sitevernonwaldrep.com
Leak posthttp://o5lsqyar7ox25z734k6zaxt2vf7bsyi4q5rturi5iyxzqo3ica7bjsad.onion/project/34/

Source

Indexed 3 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About GLOBAL SECRET

GLOBAL SECRET is an active ransomware group with 19 confirmed victims as of August 2026. It operates a single onion leak site. The limited victim count suggests a relatively early or low-volume operation. The group has been linked to 19 public disclosures across our corpus. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

August 10, 2026Vernon & Waldrep listed by GLOBAL SECRETon the group's public leak site

Data size: 274 GB (56,006 Files, 3,421 Folders)
Records: 56006 files
Ransom demanded: $5

Other recent disclosures by GLOBAL SECRET

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare sector, which has 2,608 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Vernon & Waldrep is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by GLOBAL SECRET means Vernon & Waldrep appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. 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 GLOBAL SECRET'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.