Disclosure context

About Stormous

Stormous is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in March 2022, operating primarily with financial motivations and has claimed responsibility for attacks against at least 165 victims across multiple countries and sectors. The group's country of origin remains unclear from publicly documented sources, though their operational patterns suggest they may operate as an independent entity rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service model. Limited public documentation from major security firms indicates the group employs common ransomware tactics, though specific details about their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not been extensively detailed in reports from CISA, FBI, or major threat intelligence providers. Their targeting appears geographically diverse with a focus on Spain, the United States, France, UAE, and Brazil, while showing particular interest in technology, hospitality and tourism, government, and business services sectors, though many of their victims span unspecified industries. As of current reporting, Stormous appears to remain an active threat, though the limited public documentation suggests they operate as a lower-tier ransomware group compared to more prominent families that receive extensive coverage from major security research organizations. The group has been linked to 220 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 22, 2022; most recent post May 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 27, 2025French Government listed by Stormouson the group's public leak site

Data size: 33 GB
Ransom demanded: $900

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Public Sector sector, which has 259 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, French Government is reported in France, a country with 472 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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France Travail (French Public Employment Service)

listed as French Government · Claimed by Stormous · listed 7 months ago

33 GB

Data size

$900

Ransom

demanded

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Oct 27, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Stormous
Status: Data leaked
Country: France
Sector: Public Sector
Listed on leak site: Oct 27, 2025
Data size: 33 GB
Ransom demanded: $900

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) is the French public employment agency responsible for registering unemployed individuals, facilitating job placement, and managing unemployment benefits across France. It operates under the French government and serves millions of job seekers and employers nationwide. The agency holds extensive personal, financial, and employment-related data on a large portion of the French working population.

Industry: Public Employment Services / Government Agency

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration of regulated PII at scale from a national government employment agency, including identity documents, banking details, tax records, social security data, and plaintext credentials affecting a large portion of the French working population.

The Stormous group claims to have exfiltrated 33 GB of data from France Travail, publishing it as a full data dump. The stolen data allegedly includes plaintext authentication credentials, personal identity information, employment history, tax documents, social security attestations, and work authorization documents.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Plaintext authentication credentials (usernames/passwords)
Full names and dates of birth
Gender information
Addresses, phone numbers, email addresses
Employment history and professional skills
National identity card (CNI) data
Bank account details (RIB)
Employment contract types (CDD, CDI, temporary missions)
Tax documents
Social security attestations
Training certificates
Work authorization documents

What the group claims

Stealer-type breach Valid credentials, sensitive access

The leak post

captured from the group's site

ams-group.co.uk FULL DATA DUMP 33GB
ams-group.co.uk FULL DATA DUMP 33GB
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Source

Indexed 7 months ago

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