Disclosure context

About Lynx

Lynx is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in July 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating rapid scaling capabilities with 397 documented victims within their first few months of operation. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their targeting patterns suggest a sophisticated operation that may operate independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on their victim distribution, Lynx appears to employ broad-spectrum targeting methodologies focusing heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and Australia representing their primary geographic targets, while concentrating their attacks on manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation/logistics sectors, though specific technical details regarding their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not yet been extensively documented by major security research organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents that have gained significant public attention from law enforcement agencies or established threat intelligence firms. As of late 2024, Lynx appears to remain active with no reported law enforcement disruptions or operational changes. The group has been linked to 410 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2024; most recent post May 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 19, 2026Ocean Fish listed by Lynxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Agriculture and Food Production sector, which has 536 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Ocean Fish is reported in Romania, a country with 8 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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OceanFish

listed as Ocean Fish · Claimed by Lynx · listed 4 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jan 19, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Lynx
Status: Data leaked
Country: Romania
Sector: Agriculture and Food Production
Listed on leak site: Jan 19, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

OceanFish is a Romanian company established in 1998 specialising in the import, processing, and distribution of fish and seafood products, including fresh, frozen, prepared seafood, sushi, and canned goods. The company primarily serves the HORECA (hotel, restaurant, catering) sector and operates a 'Seafood School' to educate clients on seafood preparation. It holds relevant food industry certifications and participates in social and promotional campaigns.

Industry: Seafood Import, Processing & Distribution
Founded: 1998

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published), indicating confirmed exfiltration, but no specific data categories, volume, or proof files are described in the post, preventing a higher severity classification. No regulated or sensitive PII at scale is evidenced.

The Lynx ransomware group claims to have attacked OceanFish and has published data from the company, though no specific data volume or categories of exfiltrated data are detailed in the leak post. The disclosure status indicates data has been published.

medium

What the group claims

OceanFish is a leading company in Romania since 1998, specializing in the import, processing, and distribution of fish products. Their offerings include fresh, frozen, prepared seafood, sushi, and canned products, catering primarily to the HORECA sector. The company is committed to high standards and certifications, participating in social projects and promoting their products through various campaigns. OceanFish also runs a 'Seafood School' to educate clients about seafood preparation and benefits.

Sources

Victim sitewww.oceanfish.com
Leak posthttp://lynxchatly4zludmhmi75jrwhycnoqvkxb4prohxmyzf4euf5gjxroad.onion/leaks/6967b30f9c439c5f452f7179

Source

Indexed 4 months ago

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