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 23, 2023Coos Bay listed by Royalon the group's public leak site

Data size: 248 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Government sector, which has 509 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Coos Bay 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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Coos County

listed as Coos Bay · Claimed by Royal · listed 3 years ago

248 GB

Data size

36m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 23, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Royal
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Government
Listed on leak site: May 23, 2023
Data size: 248 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Coos County is a local government entity in Oregon, USA, administering a wide range of public services including property assessment and taxation, community corrections, community development, elections, forestry, human resources, parks and recreation, and public health. The county seat is Coquille, Oregon, and the county encompasses the city of Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. It serves the residents of Coos County through numerous elected and appointed departments.

Industry: Local Government / County Administration
Address: 250 N. Baxter Street, Coquille, Oregon 97423, United States
Employees: 200-500

Attack summary

Severity: critical — 248 GB of confirmed exfiltrated data from a government entity includes regulated and sensitive categories: medical information, forensic records, PII (salaries, tax and insurance data), affecting employees and likely residents at scale. Data has been published ('disclosed status: data_published'), making this a critical-severity incident.

The Royal ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated 248 GB of confidential data from the Coos County city/county government, including contracts, worker salaries, medical information, forensic examinations, and insurance and tax information, with full publication of the data described as imminent.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Confidential government documents
Contracts
Employee salary records
Medical information
Forensic examination records
Insurance information
Tax information

What the group claims

Coos Bay is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. 248GB of confidential documents, contracts, workers salaries, medical information, forensic examinations, insurance and tax information and much more. Everything flew away from this city government to our blog. Soon you will be able to catch something!

Sources

Victim siteco.coos.or.us
Leak posthttp://royal4ezp7xrbakkus3oofjw6gszrohpodmdnfbe5e4w3og5sm7vb3qd.onion/oYrSwhjhKROJ8vUnSdupIcqLZiYjR8wX

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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