Disclosure context

About Embargo

Embargo is a ransomware group that emerged in April 2024, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a focus on high-value targets across multiple sectors. The group has been observed targeting victims predominantly in the United States, Singapore, India, and France, with particular emphasis on technology, healthcare, manufacturing, business services, and financial sectors. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation from major threat intelligence sources, specific details about their country of origin, operational structure, and technical methodologies remain largely unconfirmed by established security research organizations. With 37 known victims identified since their emergence, Embargo appears to follow established ransomware operational patterns typical of financially-motivated cybercriminal groups, though comprehensive analysis of their attack vectors, encryption methods, and extortion tactics has not yet been extensively documented by major cybersecurity firms or government agencies. The group's targeting of critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare and financial services aligns with broader ransomware trends observed throughout 2024, though specific notable campaigns or high-profile attacks have not been widely reported in public threat intelligence reporting. As of current observations, Embargo appears to remain active, though the limited timeframe since their emergence and sparse public documentation makes definitive assessment of their operational status challenging without additional confirmed reporting from established threat intelligence sources. The group has been linked to 38 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 21, 2024; most recent post March 31, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 17, 2025myhscu.com listed by Embargoon the group's public leak site

Data size: 300 GB
Records: 18 SSN
Ransom demanded: $160M

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Financial Services sector, which has 516 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, myhscu.com 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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myhscu.com

Claimed by Embargo · listed 1 year ago

300 GB

Data size

18 SSN records

$160M

Ransom

demanded

15m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 17, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Embargo
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: Feb 17, 2025
Data size: 300 GB
Records: 18 SSN
Ransom demanded: $160M

What the group claims

Heritage South Credit Union was originally chartered in 1937 as the Avondale Employees Federal Credit Union. After many years and a couple of name changes, Heritage South Credit Union continues to have a strong presence in Sylacauga, Childersburg, Moody, and Alexander City as a fixture in the community and as a stable and secure financial institution. Heritage South Credit Union has grown to over $160 million in assets and over 14,000+ members. - 300 GB data including: - debit card numbers - account numbers - SSN - address - phone - email - DOB - current balances - debts - loans - insurance Here's data for CEO: JAMIE MCCAA PAYTON 3993 ODENS MILL RD SYLACAUGA AL 35151 DOB: 1969-11-18 SSN: 423-04-5662 Phone: 256-872-2885|256-245-0777 Email: [email protected]|[email protected]|[email protected] SPOUSE: CHRIS PAYTON (416-82-5751 1967-12-01)

Sources

Victim sitemyhscu.com
Leak posthttp://embargobe3n5okxyzqphpmk3moinoap2snz5k6765mvtkk7hhi544jid.onion/#/post/46

Source

Indexed 1 year ago

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