Disclosure context

About kairos

Kairos is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in November 2024 that appears to be primarily financially motivated, having targeted approximately 75 victims across multiple sectors and countries. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, and it is unknown whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Based on available targeting data, Kairos appears to focus their operations primarily on English-speaking countries including the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada, with additional activity observed in Germany, while their sector targeting spans education, healthcare, agriculture and food production, and business services, though specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been publicly documented by major security organizations. Given the group's recent emergence in late 2024, there are no widely reported notable campaigns or high-profile incidents documented by CISA, FBI, or established security research firms. As of current reporting, Kairos appears to remain active based on their recent first observation date, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from major security organizations have not yet been published due to the group's nascent operational timeline. The group has been linked to 86 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 13, 2024; most recent post May 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 13, 2026Colonial Presbyterian Church listed by kairoson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Consumer Services sector, which has 396 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Colonial Presbyterian Church 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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Colonial Presbyterian Church

Claimed by kairos · listed 1 month ago

37d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 13, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: kairos
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Consumer Services
Listed on leak site: Apr 13, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Colonial Presbyterian Church is a Christian congregation in the United States operating under a Presbyterian denomination. Based on the leak post text, the church describes itself as a community of believers focused on outreach, spiritual restoration, and community service. It operates as a non-profit religious organization serving local congregants and the surrounding community.

Industry: Religious Services & Worship

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published by the threat actor, indicating confirmed exfiltration. However, the victim is a small religious organization with no indication of large-scale regulated data (e.g., medical or government records), and no ransom or data size was stated, limiting the assessed severity to medium.

The Kairos ransomware group claims to have attacked Colonial Presbyterian Church and has published data from the victim, as indicated by the 'data_published' disclosure status. No ransom amount or specific data volume was stated in the post.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Internal church records
Member personal information
Financial/donation records
Staff and volunteer data

What the group claims

We are a community of believers who seek to be the Light of Christ in a hurting culture so that the lost are found, the broken are made whole, the fatherless find hope and our city is blessed.

Source

Indexed 1 month ago

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