Was Balloons Everywhere hit by ransomware?

Balloons Everywhere was listed by the Medusa ransomware operation (United States), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the Medusa ransomware group?

Medusa is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Balloons Everywhere breach?

Medusa published data attributed to Balloons Everywhere, around 50 Employees records. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Balloons Everywhere

Claimed by Medusa · listed 5 months ago

50 Employees

Records

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedFeb 14, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Medusa
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Consumer Services
Listed on leak site: Feb 14, 2026
Records: 50 Employees

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Balloons Everywhere appears to be a US-based retail or event-supply business specialising in balloons and related party goods, based on its name and Consumer Services sector classification. No public site content was available to confirm scale, location, or additional service lines. The company's size and operational scope remain unknown from available evidence.

Industry: Event Supplies & Party Goods Retail

Attack summary

Severity: medium — The disclosure status is listed as data_published, suggesting Medusa claims to have exfiltrated and released data; however, the leak post content is inaccessible (blocked by CAPTCHA) and no data inventory, volume, or proof count is available to confirm the nature or scale of exposed data, preventing a higher severity rating.

Medusa ransomware group claims an attack on Balloons Everywhere and has listed the disclosure status as data_published, indicating they assert data has been exfiltrated and published. No specific data categories, ransom demand, or data volume were provided in the leak post.

medium

What the group claims

Balloons.com is a wholesale distributor specializing in a wide range of balloon products including foil film, latex balloons, and balloon decoration kits. They cater to various themes, occasions, and licensed characters, offering items for both everyday events and special celebrations. Their services target individuals and businesses looking for party supplies, with a focus on DIY balloon decor and promotional products. Additionally, they provide customers with resources and learning tools related to balloon usage and care. The company headquarters is located in 16474 Greeno Road, Fairhope, AL 36532-5528, United States. 11-50 Employees

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Leak posthttp://xfv4jzckytb4g3ckwemcny3ihv4i5p4lqzdpi624cxisu35my5fwi5qd.onion/detail?id=2453bb987460459abf1c6602d86c6b54

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Medusa

Medusa, also known as MedusaLocker, is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022 and has since compromised 568 known victims across multiple countries. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear from publicly available intelligence, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a documented Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Medusa primarily targets organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Australia, with a focus on business services, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology sectors, employing typical ransomware tactics including data encryption and likely exfiltration for double extortion purposes, though specific technical methodologies and initial access vectors have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports. While the group has maintained a relatively high victim count since its emergence, detailed information about specific notable campaigns, high-profile victims, or major ransom demands has not been widely reported by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. As of current intelligence assessments, Medusa appears to remain active in the threat landscape, continuing to target organizations across their established geographic and sectoral preferences. The group has been linked to 635 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 15, 2022; most recent post May 5, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: MedusaLocker, MEDUSA LOCKER.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 14, 2026Balloons Everywhere listed by Medusaon the group's public leak site

Records: 50 Employees

Other recent disclosures by Medusa

Medusa has been linked to 635 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Consumer Services sector, which has 829 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Balloons Everywhere is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Medusa means Balloons Everywhere appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Medusa's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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.