Disclosure context

About Royal

Royal is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, quickly establishing itself as a significant threat with over 200 documented victims across multiple sectors. The group is believed to operate independently rather than as a ransomware-as-a-service model, though their exact country of origin remains unclear based on publicly available intelligence. Royal primarily gains initial access through phishing campaigns and exploitation of remote desktop protocols, subsequently deploying custom ransomware that encrypts victim files while exfiltrating sensitive data for double extortion tactics. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting critical infrastructure and public services, with notable attacks against educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and government entities primarily in the United States, though they have also significantly impacted organizations across Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and France. Their encryption methodology involves custom-built malware that systematically encrypts files while maintaining persistence on compromised networks. As of recent reporting from federal agencies including CISA and FBI advisories, Royal remains an active threat with ongoing campaigns targeting organizations across their preferred sectors, particularly focusing on entities with limited cybersecurity resources that may be more likely to pay ransom demands. The group has been linked to 211 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 4, 2022; most recent post July 19, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 26, 2023Grange Packing Solutions listed by Royalon the group's public leak site

Data size: 3 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Grange Packing Solutions is reported in United Kingdom, a country with 902 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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Mailway (Grange Packing Solutions)

listed as Grange Packing Solutions · Claimed by Royal · listed 3 years ago

3 GB

Data size

36m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 26, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Royal
Status: Data leaked
Country: United Kingdom
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: May 26, 2023
Data size: 3 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Mailway, operating under the domain co-pack.co.uk and formerly known as Grange Packing Solutions, is the UK's self-described No.1 independent contract packing partner with over 30 years of experience. The company offers BRC, ISO, and Food Safety approved contract packing services including automated cartoning, bag and pouch filling, liquid filling, shrink wrapping, flow wrapping, and gift packing. It serves a range of UK food and consumer goods brands.

Industry: Contract Packing & Co-Packing Services
Address: United Kingdom (Bradford area, based on 01274 area code)

Attack summary

Severity: medium — 3 GB of data has reportedly been published (data_published status), indicating confirmed exfiltration; however, the leak post provides little detail on regulated or sensitive personal data at scale, and the company operates in contract packing rather than a critical or highly regulated sector.

The Royal ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 3 GB of data from Grange Packing Solutions (Mailway), with the leak post indicating the data has been published. The post references the company's 2021 acquisition by Speciality Consortium and the download of 3 GB of internal data.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate/business data (3 GB total)
Acquisition and ownership records
Potentially operational and client data

What the group claims

In April 2021 Speciality consortium completed the final stage of the takeover of Grange packing solutions. Speciality consortium group was developed as an off shore consortium of manufacturing companies producing plastic packaging goods and machinery, based in a nu.Total downloaded data - 3gb

Sources

Victim siteco-pack.co.uk
Leak posthttp://royal4ezp7xrbakkus3oofjw6gszrohpodmdnfbe5e4w3og5sm7vb3qd.onion/uhHLMLGmJ4Y4jiCHph80FBedbyFQQiMh

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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