Disclosure context

About Medusa

Medusa, also known as MedusaLocker, is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022 and has since compromised 568 known victims across multiple countries. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear from publicly available intelligence, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a documented Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Medusa primarily targets organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Australia, with a focus on business services, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology sectors, employing typical ransomware tactics including data encryption and likely exfiltration for double extortion purposes, though specific technical methodologies and initial access vectors have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports. While the group has maintained a relatively high victim count since its emergence, detailed information about specific notable campaigns, high-profile victims, or major ransom demands has not been widely reported by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. As of current intelligence assessments, Medusa appears to remain active in the threat landscape, continuing to target organizations across their established geographic and sectoral preferences. The group has been linked to 568 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 15, 2022; most recent post February 14, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: MedusaLocker.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 27, 2025Cooperativa Esercenti Farmacia Scrl listed by Medusaon the group's public leak site

Records: 469 Employees

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare sector, which has 1,779 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Cooperativa Esercenti Farmacia Scrl is reported in Italy, a country with 496 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.

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Cooperativa Esercenti Farmacia Scrl

Claimed by Medusa · listed 7 months ago

469 Employees

Records

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Oct 27, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Medusa
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: Oct 27, 2025
Records: 469 Employees

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Cooperativa Esercenti Farmacia Scrl is an Italian cooperative organization serving pharmacists and pharmacy operators, likely providing collective purchasing, distribution, or management services to member pharmacies. It operates within Italy's healthcare and pharmaceutical retail sector. Specific scale and operational details are not available from the provided sources.

Industry: Pharmacy Cooperative & Healthcare Distribution

Attack summary

Severity: high — The victim is a healthcare-sector cooperative in Italy; data_published status indicates confirmed exfiltration and release of data. Pharmacy cooperatives handle sensitive financial, personal, and potentially patient-adjacent healthcare data for multiple member pharmacies, elevating risk. Lack of confirmed regulated PII at scale prevents critical classification.

The Medusa ransomware group claims to have attacked Cooperativa Esercenti Farmacia Scrl and has listed the disclosure status as data_published, indicating exfiltration and publication of company data. The specific data types and volume could not be confirmed from the truncated leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Pharmacy member records
Financial/accounting data
Employee personal information
Business contracts and agreements
Healthcare operational data

What the group claims

Cooperativa Esercenti Farmacia Scrl provides a range of services focused on supporting pharmacy operators. The organization facilitates communication and offers institutional updates relevant to its members. It aims to serve pharmacists and pharmacy-related entities, ensuring they have the resources and information needed for effective operation. The cooperative is committed to quality and compliance with regulations, promoting mutual support among its clientele.Company is headquartered in Via Achille Grandi 18, 25125 Brescia (BS), Italy. 469 Employees

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Leak posthttp://xfv4jzckytb4g3ckwemcny3ihv4i5p4lqzdpi624cxisu35my5fwi5qd.onion/detail?id=977496d1da6f9933ffea66746cc55294

Source

Indexed 7 months ago

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