Disclosure context

About Qilin

Qilin is a ransomware group that emerged in October 2022, operating with primarily financial motivations through targeted attacks against organizations across multiple sectors. The group appears to operate independently with limited public information available regarding their specific country of origin or affiliations to other ransomware families. Qilin employs double extortion tactics, typically exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their encryption payload, though specific details about their initial access vectors and technical tools remain less documented in public security research. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach, with their 1645 known victims spanning multiple countries including the United States, France, Canada, United Kingdom, and Germany, with particular focus on manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and business services sectors. Based on available intelligence reporting, Qilin remains an active threat as of recent assessments, continuing their ransomware operations without significant reported law enforcement disruption. The group has been linked to 1,858 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 8, 2022; most recent post May 21, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 15, 2026Keller Williams Real Estate - Exton listed by Qilinon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Law Firms & Legal Services sector, which has 2 disclosures indexed across all operators we track.

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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Keller Williams Real Estate - Exton

Claimed by Qilin · listed 6 days ago

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

Listed
May 15, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Qilin
Status: Listed for ransom
Sector: Law Firms & Legal Services
Listed on leak site: May 15, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Keller Williams Real Estate - Exton is a franchised Keller Williams real estate brokerage office located in Exton, Pennsylvania. It operates as part of the broader Keller Williams Realty network, facilitating residential and commercial property transactions in the greater Chester County area. The office functions independently under the Keller Williams franchise model.

Industry: Real Estate Brokerage
Address: Exton, Pennsylvania, USA

Attack summary

Severity: low — The post is a bare listing with no proof files, no stated ransom, no disclosed data types, no data volume, and no confirmation of exfiltration or encryption; it constitutes an announcement only.

The Qilin ransomware group has listed Keller Williams Real Estate - Exton on their leak site, claiming the company as a victim. The post contains no detail on data exfiltrated, encryption, ransom demand, or proof files at this stage.

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The leak post

captured from the group's site

Law Firms & Legal Services 
[John G Yphantides A Professional Law](http://ijzn3sicrcy7guixkzjkib4ukbiilwc3xhnmby4mcbccnsd7j2rekvqd.onion/site/blog?uuid=1e464ce5-6e74-4e62-be0b-eac503e43af8)
Law Firms & Legal Services 
Law Firms & Legal Services 
[Keller Williams Real Estate - Exton](http://ijzn3sicrcy7guixkzjkib4ukbiilwc3xhnmby4mcbccnsd7j2rekvqd.onion/site/blog?uuid=ac8e3226-6965-4f8e-a2d5-53a0dbce8535)

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Keller Williams Real Estate - Exton

Sources

Source

Indexed 6 days ago

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