Disclosure context

About Mallox

**Overview:** Mallox is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, operating as a relatively new player in the ransomware ecosystem with a focus on extracting monetary payments from victim organizations across multiple industry sectors. **Origin & Affiliation:** The group's country of origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they operate independently rather than as part of a larger ransomware-as-a-service operation. **Attack Methodology:** Limited public documentation exists regarding Mallox's specific attack vectors and technical capabilities, though their successful compromise of 49 documented victims suggests they employ conventional ransomware deployment methods including data encryption and likely extortion tactics to pressure victims into payment. **Notable Campaigns:** Mallox has demonstrated a preference for targeting technology companies, business services, and manufacturing sectors, with their operations showing particular concentration in the United Kingdom, India, and the United States, though specific high-profile incidents have not been widely publicized by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. **Current Status:** The group remains active as of recent threat intelligence reporting, continuing to conduct ransomware operations across their preferred geographic and sectoral targets. The group has been linked to 49 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 4, 2022; most recent post July 15, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 3, 2023Young Homes, Inc listed by Malloxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Construction sector, which has 415 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Young Homes, Inc is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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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Young Homes, Inc

Claimed by Mallox · listed 3 years ago

36m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jun 3, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Mallox
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Construction
Listed on leak site: Jun 3, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Young Homes, Inc. is a small retailer of manufactured and modular homes based in Greencastle, Indiana, with over 50 years of industry experience. In addition to home sales, the company offers mobile home insurance, vehicle storage, and portable buildings. They can be reached at 317-823-2200.

Industry: Manufactured & Modular Homes Sales
Address: 1300 S Bloomington St, Greencastle, IN 46135

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been actively published (disclosed status: data_published) with a download link and password, confirming exfiltration and public release of company data; though the contents are unverified, the full publication of an exfiltrated archive represents confirmed data exposure.

Mallox claims to have exfiltrated data from Young Homes, Inc. and has published what they assert is the stolen data via an AnonFiles archive link, with a provided password, indicating active data publication rather than encryption-only disclosure.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company files (RAR archive)

The group's post references roughly 1 proof file.

What the group claims

INFO: https://www.zoominfo.com/c/young-homes-inc/134103843 DATA: https://anonfiles.com/8d12Yfudzf/Yhomes_rar PASSWORD: Vzha#FhkRRm=-h&Xw07lmVXPUe5H,K;#

Sources

Victim siteyounghomesinc.com
Leak posthttp://wtyafjyhwqrgo4a45wdvvwhen3cx4euie73qvlhkhvlrexljoyuklaad.onion/mallox/post?UAFw6aTSfOmWHFv

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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