Disclosure context

About chaos

Based on the limited publicly available information, Chaos is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in March 2025, appearing to be financially motivated given their ransom demands and targeting patterns. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their operational model and whether they operate as Ransomware-as-a-Service or as an independent entity has not been definitively established by security researchers. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities are not yet well-documented in public threat intelligence reports, though their targeting suggests they employ common initial access vectors to compromise victims across multiple sectors. Chaos has claimed 41 victims primarily concentrated in the United States, Germany, Poland, Malaysia, and Sweden, with a particular focus on technology companies, financial services, business services, and manufacturing sectors, though the scope and impact of their most significant attacks have not been widely publicized. The group currently appears to be active based on recent victim claims, though comprehensive analysis from major security firms regarding their long-term operational capabilities and potential law enforcement actions remains limited due to their recent emergence in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 53 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 31, 2025; most recent post May 17, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 14, 2026coastappliances.com listed by chaoson 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, coastappliances.com 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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Coast Appliances

listed as coastappliances.com · Claimed by chaos · listed 1 month ago

36d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 14, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: chaos
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Consumer Services
Listed on leak site: Apr 14, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Coast Appliances is a Canadian-owned and operated home appliance retailer founded in 1978, with numerous brick-and-mortar stores across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. The company sells a wide range of home and kitchen appliances including refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, wall ovens, and ranges from major brands such as Bosch, LG, Samsung, Miele, and Whirlpool. It serves both residential consumers and trade professionals through in-store and online channels.

Industry: Home Appliance Retail
Founded: 1978

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published by the group, indicating confirmed exfiltration, but the leak post provides very limited detail on the nature or volume of the data exposed. No indication of regulated data (e.g., medical or government) at scale, and the retailer operates in the consumer appliance sector.

The Chaos ransomware group claims an attack on Coast Appliances and has published data (disclosed status: data_published). The leak post references the company's appliance product lines, though the post provides minimal detail on the scope of exfiltrated data or whether encryption was also performed.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Customer records
Business operational data
Potentially e-commerce transaction data

What the group claims

It offers refrigerators, freezers, wall ovens, washers, and electric ranges.

Sources

Source

Indexed 1 month ago

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