Disclosure context

About payload

Based on the limited publicly available information, Payload is an emerging ransomware group first observed in February 2026 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted 19 documented victims across multiple countries and sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, with no documented evidence of their operational structure, country of origin, or whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or independent entity. Their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and specific tools used have not been publicly documented by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. The group has demonstrated a diverse targeting approach, focusing primarily on victims in the Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, and Dominican Republic, with particular emphasis on manufacturing, agriculture and food production, transportation/logistics, and telecommunication sectors, though the specific campaigns and ransom demands remain undisclosed in public threat intelligence reports. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation, Payload appears to be currently active but remains a relatively obscure threat actor with insufficient publicly available data to establish comprehensive intelligence assessments from major cybersecurity organizations or law enforcement agencies. The group has been linked to 46 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on February 17, 2026; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 1, 2026SAYEGH listed by payloadon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, SAYEGH is reported in Lebanon.

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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Sayegh 1944

listed as SAYEGH · Claimed by payload · listed 2 months ago

49d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 1, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: payload
Status: Data leaked
Country: Lebanon
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Apr 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Sayegh 1944 is a Lebanese company that presents itself as an educational firm, with activities spanning the development of learning materials and services for schools. Its operations appear broad and cover multiple areas, though a clear core expertise is described as difficult to identify. The company is based in Lebanon.

Industry: Educational Materials & Services
Founded: 1944

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published), indicating confirmed exfiltration, but the scale and sensitivity of the data are unclear from the truncated post; no regulated PII at scale or critical sector indicators are confirmed.

The payload ransomware group claims to have published data obtained from Sayegh 1944, with the disclosed status indicating data has been published. The specific nature of the exfiltrated data is not fully detailed in the truncated post.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company internal data
Educational materials/records

What the group claims

Sayegh 1944 presents itself as an educational company, yet its activities appear broad and somewhat lacking in transparency. Under the umbrella of developing learning materials and services for schools, it spans multiple areas where a clear core expertise is hard to identify. Overall, it gives the impression of an organization trying to cover many segments of education without demonstrating a strong, well-defined specialization or standout results.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

[ Inteceng.com.my (+ Tsksynergy.com.my + Amemanufacturing.com.my + Woodnova.com.my)  
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These websites represent a synergistic group of Malaysian companies, such as AME Elite and TSK Synergy, specializing in integrated industrial construction and engineering solutions. They provide end-to-end services, including the design and fabrication of steel structures, mechanical engineering, and the development of large-scale industrial parks. Together, they leverage their combined expertise to deliver "turnkey" manufacturing facilities and infrastructure projects across the region.
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](http://payloadrz5yw227brtbvdqpnlhq3rdcdekdnn3rgucbcdeawq2v6vuyd.onion/posts/61827d93-eb95-42af-b264-9b84aeecefb7) [ 
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Gorey Community School is a co-educational, multi-denominational institution located in Gorey, Co. Wexford, under the joint patronage of the Loreto Sisters and Waterford and Wexford ETB
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](http://payloadrz5yw227brtbvdqpnlhq3rdcdekdnn3rgucbcdeawq2v6vuyd.onion/posts/c9049f7c-de08-4099-a2f7-d8ae8e421682) [ PROM (Peakside Ros Outlet Management)  
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PROM (Peakside Ros Outlet Management) is a joint venture established by the investment firm Peakside Capital and the operator Ros Retail t…

Screenshot of the leak post

Sources

Leak posthttp://payloadrz5yw227brtbvdqpnlhq3rdcdekdnn3rgucbcdeawq2v6vuyd.onion/posts/1240fa31-cadd-4716-9fbc-a4b0b2f78463

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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