Disclosure context

About fulcrumsec

FulcrumSec is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in May 2026, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns across multiple countries and high-value sectors. Given the recency of their emergence and limited public documentation, the group's specific country of origin and potential affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting of victims across the United States, India, Netherlands, Colombia, and Japan suggests either a geographically distributed operation or deliberate international scope rather than nation-state backing. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting technology companies, business services firms, and healthcare organizations, with 21 documented victims indicating a selective approach focused on sectors likely to yield significant ransom payments due to operational dependencies and sensitive data holdings. Their attack methodology details remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reports from major security firms, though their sector targeting suggests sophisticated initial access capabilities given the typically robust security postures of technology and healthcare organizations. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against FulcrumSec have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or leading cybersecurity researchers as of available intelligence. The group appears to remain active as of the most recent observations, though the limited public intelligence on their operations suggests they may be maintaining a relatively low profile compared to more established ransomware enterprises. The group has been linked to 23 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 1, 2026; most recent post May 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 1, 2026Rotary Club listed by fulcrumsecon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Rotary Club is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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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Rotary Club

Claimed by fulcrumsec · listed 19 days ago

19d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 1, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: fulcrumsec
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Rotary International is a global nonprofit humanitarian service organization headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, USA, founded in 1905. It operates a network of more than 35,000 clubs across over 200 countries with approximately 1.2–1.4 million members. The organization focuses on community service, peace promotion, disease eradication (notably polio), education, and clean water initiatives, and administers The Rotary Foundation which awarded $273 million in grants for global service initiatives in 2024–25.

Industry: Nonprofit Humanitarian & Community Service Organization
Address: One Rotary Center, 1560 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA
Employees: 500-1000
Founded: 1905

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data is stated as published (data_published status confirmed), meaning exfiltration and public release has occurred. Rotary International holds membership records for approximately 1.2 million individuals globally, potentially including PII such as names, contact details, and financial donor information. Scale and nonprofit/membership nature elevate this beyond medium severity, though absence of confirmed regulated data categories (medical, government) prevents a critical rating.

The group 'fulcrumsec' claims to have disclosed data belonging to Rotary International, with the status listed as 'data_published', indicating exfiltration and publication of data. No specific ransom demand, data volume, or description of the exfiltrated content is provided in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Unknown — no specific data categories disclosed in post

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

Rotary Club, formally known as Rotary International, is a global humanitarian service organization founded in 1905 in Chicago, USA. It operates across more than 200 countries with over 35,000 clubs and 1.4 million members. The organization focuses on community service, vocational development, and international goodwill, with notable initiatives including the near-eradication of polio worldwide through its PolioPlus program.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

FulcrumSec Browse victim listings from our recent concept campaigns: Index of /Shame Coming Soon: The Hardcoded Horror Show SLOPOCALYPSE NOW [email protected] Session: 05dc2052b7a29d8661f30cbf0ae4f2093e8c85324a16867df5dd5c24f0364d8b27 Tox: 969F8BE40B09537CD2A5038B9DA4BADE71C5F35DD666CC0D7632A6812D7AF72626D422D22540

Sources

Victim siterotary.org
Leak posthttp://4e3p3in2bl67hxchuwza7qvnpe7pyeloyztr5fnh257fxkovfhappjyd.onion/shame/rotary/

Source

Indexed 19 days ago

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