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Grupo EBD

Claimed by Blackwater · listed 2 months ago

2m
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedMay 2, 2026
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Blackwater
Status
Data leaked
Country
Brazil
Sector
Business Services
Listed on leak site
May 2, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Grupo EBD is a Brazilian conglomerate founded in 1977 in Ananindeua, Pará, initially focused on the distribution of domestic/consumer goods across 9 Brazilian states with over 50 partner brands. In 1995 it expanded into automotive dealerships, partnering with brands such as Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, Toyota, Jeep, and BMW across five states. The group also operates in agribusiness, specifically beef cattle ranching.

Industry
Consumer Goods Distribution & Automotive Dealerships
Address
Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil (headquarters origin; operations across 9 Brazilian states)
Founded
1977

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Disclosure status is 'data_published' implying exfiltration has occurred or is imminent, but no proof files, data size, or sensitive data categories have been confirmed yet; the leak post contains only an announcement of forthcoming publication with no verified evidence of regulated or large-scale sensitive data.

The Blackwater ransomware group claims to have compromised Grupo EBD and states that all data will be published soon, suggesting exfiltration has occurred. No specific data categories, file counts, or ransom amount have been disclosed at this stage.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Unspecified company data (pending full publication)

What the group claims

All data will be published soon...

The leak post

captured from the group's site
Blog BLACKWATER Compass Housing Alliance Publicated at 2026-04-30 09:22:58 Compass Housing Alliance is dedicated to developing and providing essential services, shelter, and affordable housing to ensure that everyone in the community has a safe place to call home. See more Shenzhen Gongjin Electronics Publicated at 2026-04-29 11:29:44 confidential information, developments, reports and all internal company data : http://ucfhnoihzgx4wz4beyzfxnh46cs37r4zbq627xyctykpatruvmghbyqd.onion/s/e292180d38d92fe2/ See more Grupo EBD Publicated at 2026-04-17 23:05:20 data download link http://ucfhnoihzgx4wz4beyzfxnh46cs37r4zbq627xyctykpatruvmghbyqd.onion/s/95f46e8106995901/ See more Minidoka Memorial Hospital Publicated at 2026-04-17 21:50:22 Data will be published after 7 days. See more medical-park Publicated at 2026-03-20 10:20:42 all internal and confidential company data and data of all clients: http://ucfhnoihzgx4wz4beyzfxnh46cs37r4zbq627xyctykpatruvmghbyqd.onion/s/6faa99933c9fef57/ See more

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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Disclosure context

About blackwater

Based on the limited available data, Blackwater is an obscure ransomware operation that first emerged in April 2026, with only one documented victim to date, suggesting either a very new or small-scale financially motivated cybercriminal group. The group appears to operate primarily in Turkey, specifically targeting the healthcare sector based on their singular known attack. Due to the extremely limited public documentation and recent emergence timeframe, detailed information about their attack methodology, tools, encryption techniques, or operational structure remains unavailable from established threat intelligence sources such as CISA, FBI, or major security research firms. No notable high-profile campaigns, significant ransoms, or law enforcement actions have been publicly documented against this group. Given the recent April 2026 first observation date and lack of comprehensive threat intelligence reporting, the current operational status and capabilities of Blackwater remain largely unknown to the broader cybersecurity community. The group has been linked to 9 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 12, 2026; most recent post July 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: BLACK WATER.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • May 2, 2026Grupo EBD listed by blackwateron the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by blackwater

blackwater has been linked to 9 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 3,796 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Grupo EBD is reported in Brazil, a country with 200 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by blackwater means Grupo EBD appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. 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, CERT.br (Brazil), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on blackwater'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.