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Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre

Claimed by GLOBAL SECRET · listed 7 days ago

28.1 GB (34,237 Files, 8,806 Folders)
Data size
34237 files records
7d
Age
since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

  1. ListedAug 11, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group
GLOBAL SECRET
Status
Listed for ransom
Country
United States
Sector
Healthcare Services, Veterinary Services
Listed on leak site
Aug 11, 2026
Data size
28.1 GB (34,237 Files, 8,806 Folders)
Records
34237 files

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre is a veterinary practice in Florence, Kentucky, established in 1996. They provide comprehensive veterinary care including laser surgery, laparoscopy, and general pet healthcare for dogs, cats, exotic animals, and other companion animals, with an emphasis on personalized, compassionate treatment.

Industry
Veterinary Services
Address
9930 Berberich Dr, Florence, KY 41042, United States
Employees
11-50
Founded
1996

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration of 28.1 GB of data from a healthcare provider. Veterinary practice records likely contain personally identifiable information (PII) and medical data linked to pet owners, constituting sensitive health-related information at scale. Operational impact through encryption and data theft.

GLOBAL SECRET claims to have exfiltrated 28.1 GB of data comprising 34,237 files and 8,806 folders from Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre. The group has listed the victim on their leak site and demands $5 ransom.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Patient records
  • Medical histories
  • Client contact information
  • Financial records
  • Business documents

What the group claims

Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre has been providing high-quality veterinary care in Florence, KY since 1996. They offer comprehensive services including laser surgery, laparoscopy, and compassionate care for pets of all types, from dogs and cats to exotic animals. The hospital emphasizes a personalized approach, treating each pet as a family member and ensuring their comfort and wellbeing throughout all stages of life.

The leak post

captured from the group's site
# Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre
Country: Kentucky, United States | Website: middendorfanimalhospital.com | Revenue: <$5 Million | Industry: Healthcare Services,Veterinary Services | Employees: 11-50 | Properties: 28.1 GB (34,237 Files, 8,806 Folders)
Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre has been providing high-quality veterinary care in Florence, KY since 1996. They offer comprehensive services including laser surgery, laparoscopy, and compassionate care for pets of all types, from dogs and cats to exotic animals. The hospital emphasizes a personalized approach, treating each pet as a family member and ensuring their comfort and wellbeing throughout all stages of life. Their intended clients are pet owners seeking dedicated veterinary services for their beloved companions.

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre

Sources

Source

Indexed 7 days 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 33 public disclosures across our corpus. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • August 11, 2026Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre listed by GLOBAL SECRETon the group's public leak site
Data size
28.1 GB (34,237 Files, 8,806 Folders)
Records
34237 files

Other recent disclosures by GLOBAL SECRET

GLOBAL SECRET has been linked to 33 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full GLOBAL SECRET dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare Services, Veterinary Services sector. Geographically, Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre 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 Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre 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.

Middendorf Animal Hospital & Laser Centre data breach — GLOBAL SECRET ransomware attack (2026) · Darkfield