Disclosure context

About payload

Based on the limited publicly available information, Payload is an emerging ransomware group first observed in February 2026 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted 19 documented victims across multiple countries and sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, with no documented evidence of their operational structure, country of origin, or whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or independent entity. Their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and specific tools used have not been publicly documented by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. The group has demonstrated a diverse targeting approach, focusing primarily on victims in the Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, and Dominican Republic, with particular emphasis on manufacturing, agriculture and food production, transportation/logistics, and telecommunication sectors, though the specific campaigns and ransom demands remain undisclosed in public threat intelligence reports. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation, Payload appears to be currently active but remains a relatively obscure threat actor with insufficient publicly available data to establish comprehensive intelligence assessments from major cybersecurity organizations or law enforcement agencies. The group has been linked to 46 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on February 17, 2026; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 3, 2026United Finance Egypt listed by payloadon the group's public leak site

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, United Finance Egypt is reported in EG, a country with 15 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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United Finance Egypt

Claimed by payload · listed 2 months ago

48d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 3, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: payload
Status: Data leaked
Country: EG
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: Apr 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

United Finance Egypt is an Egyptian non-bank financial institution (NBFI) that provides financing services for businesses and real estate. Its operations span financial and operating leases, factoring, and mortgage lending. The company serves corporate and individual customers within Egypt's regulated financial sector.

Industry: Non-Bank Financial Institutions (Leasing, Factoring & Mortgage)

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration and publication of data from a regulated financial institution, with the breach described as covering the entire infrastructure and the majority of data consisting of customer PII and financial records at scale.

The group claims to have breached United Finance Egypt's entire infrastructure and published the data, with the majority of leaked data consisting of customer information including personally identifiable and financial records.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Customer personal information
Business financing records
Lease agreements
Factoring data
Mortgage lending records
Company infrastructure data

What the group claims

United Finance Egypt is an Egyptian non-bank financial institution (NBFI) that provides financing services for businesses and real estate. It operates in several areas: financial and operating leases, factoring, and mortgage lending. The data breach involves the company’s entire infrastructure. The majority of the leaked data consists of the company’s customer information.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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These websites represent a synergistic group of Malaysian companies, such as AME Elite and TSK Synergy, specializing in integrated industrial construction and engineering solutions. They provide end-to-end services, including the design and fabrication of steel structures, mechanical engineering, and the development of large-scale industrial parks. Together, they leverage their combined expertise to deliver "turnkey" manufacturing facilities and infrastructure projects across the region.
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Gorey Community School is a co-educational, multi-denominational institution located in Gorey, Co. Wexford, under the joint patronage of the Loreto Sisters and Waterford and Wexford ETB
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PROM (Peakside Ros Outlet Management) is a joint venture established by the investment firm Peakside Capital and the operator Ros Retail t…

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for United Finance Egypt

Sources

Leak posthttp://payloadrz5yw227brtbvdqpnlhq3rdcdekdnn3rgucbcdeawq2v6vuyd.onion/posts/ad284bf3-0789-4d98-a7d0-4810f027bda0

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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