Disclosure context

About pear

The Pear ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in August 2025, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on their recent emergence and limited public documentation, specific details about their country of origin and organizational structure remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a financially-driven operation that may operate independently or as part of a smaller ransomware-as-a-service model. With 65 documented victims since their August 2025 debut, the group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, and Switzerland, with particular focus on healthcare, business services, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Their attack methodology and specific technical details have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies, though their rapid victim acquisition suggests they have established effective initial access and encryption capabilities. Notable campaigns and high-profile attacks have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, or major security research organizations, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small scale compared to established ransomware operations. As of late 2025, Pear appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim targeting across multiple geographic regions and industry verticals. The group has been linked to 87 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 5, 2025; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 28, 2026J.R. Martin & Associates listed by pearon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, J.R. Martin & Associates 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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J.R. Martin & Associates

Claimed by pear · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 28, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: pear
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Feb 28, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

J.R. Martin & Associates is a CPA and tax advisory firm based in Redding, California, serving business owners in the Redding area and nationwide. The firm provides tax planning, tax return preparation, bookkeeping, CFO services, and wealth management. They emphasize proactive, year-round tax strategy rather than one-time filing services.

Industry: Accounting & Tax Advisory Services
Address: 1155 Del Monte Street, Suite A, Redding, CA 96002

Attack summary

Severity: critical — J.R. Martin & Associates is a CPA/tax firm handling sensitive regulated financial and tax data for business owner clients, including IRS records, financial statements, estate planning, and retirement data. Data publication by the threat actor means regulated PII and financial data has been exfiltrated and disclosed, warranting a critical classification.

The ransomware group 'pear' claims to have attacked J.R. Martin & Associates and has published data (disclosed status: data_published). The leak post contains minimal detail, but the disclosed status indicates exfiltration and publication of data from the firm.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client tax records
Business financial statements
Bookkeeping records
IRS correspondence
Estate and retirement planning data
Personally identifiable information (PII) of business owner clients

What the group claims

A High Quality, Comprehensive Accounting & Tax Service

Sources

Victim sitejrmartincpa.com
Leak posthttp://pearsmob5sn44ismokiusuld34pnfwi6ctgin3qbvonpoob4lh3rmtqd.onion/Companies/jrmartincpa

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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