Ransomware victim disclosure

GW Mechanical

Claimed by play · listed 6 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 25, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: play
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 25, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

GW Mechanical, Inc. is a Wyoming-based mechanical contractor specializing in plumbing, HVAC, and related mechanical installations. Operating since 1988 with headquarters in Casper and branch offices in Laramie and Sheridan, they serve commercial, residential, government, and institutional clients across Wyoming and neighboring states.

Industry: Mechanical Contracting & HVAC Services
Address: 3638 Burd Road, Casper, WY 82601
Employees: 51-200
Founded: 1988

Attack summary

Severity: low — Only listing/announcement with no proof files, data inventory, or operational disruption stated. No confirmation of exfiltration or encryption impact.

The Play group claims to have attacked GW Mechanical. The leak post provides minimal detail on the breach scope, data exfiltrated, or operational impact.

low

What the group claims

United States

Sources

Victim sitewww.gwmechanical.com
Leak posthttp://j75o7xvvsm4lpsjhkjvb4wl2q6ajegvabe6oswthuaubbykk4xkzgpid.onion/topic.php?id=yNgIuLDqSOrXnm

Source

Indexed 6 days ago

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Disclosure context

About play

**Overview:** Play (also known as PlayCrypt) is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in late 2022, conducting targeted attacks against organizations across multiple sectors with a focus on financial extortion. **Origin & Affiliation:** The group's country of origin remains unclear based on public reporting, though they appear to operate independently rather than as a traditional ransomware-as-a-service model. **Attack Methodology:** Play ransomware operators typically gain initial access through compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials and exploit valid accounts, then move laterally through networks using tools like Cobalt Strike before deploying their custom ransomware payload. The group employs double extortion tactics, stealing sensitive data before encryption and threatening to publish it on their leak site if ransom demands are not met. **Notable Campaigns:** According to CISA advisories, Play has targeted over 300 entities globally since its emergence, with significant impacts on critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare, education, and government services, though specific ransom amounts and individual victim details vary in public reporting. **Current Status:** Play remains an active threat as of 2024, continuing to target organizations primarily in North America and Europe according to ongoing security researcher observations and law enforcement warnings. The group has been linked to 1,288 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 26, 2022; most recent post May 29, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: PlayCrypt.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 25, 2026GW Mechanical listed by playon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,642 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, GW Mechanical is reported in US, a country with 2,714 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.