Disclosure context

About m3rx

Based on the limited publicly available information, m3rx is an emerging ransomware group first observed in April 2026 with a relatively small victim count of eight organizations, suggesting they are either a newly formed operation or a smaller-scale criminal enterprise focused on financial gain. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, with no documented evidence from major security vendors or law enforcement agencies regarding their geographical base, operational structure, or whether they operate as an independent cell or as part of a larger ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by established threat intelligence sources, though their targeting pattern indicates a preference for English-speaking nations including Great Britain, Australia, and the United States, as well as operations in Switzerland and Italy, with victims spanning consumer services, business services, technology, and healthcare sectors. No major campaigns, high-profile victims, or significant ransoms have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable security researchers, likely due to the group's recent emergence and limited scope of operations. Given their recent first observation date and small victim count, m3rx appears to be in early operational stages with their current activity status and long-term viability remaining uncertain. The group has been linked to 19 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 29, 2026; most recent post May 17, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 29, 2026rainforestclean.com listed by m3rxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Consumer Services sector, which has 396 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, rainforestclean.com is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Rainforest Carwash & Oil Change

listed as rainforestclean.com · Claimed by m3rx · listed 22 days ago

21d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 29, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: m3rx
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Consumer Services
Listed on leak site: Apr 29, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Rainforest Carwash & Oil Change is a US-based regional chain offering car wash and oil change services, with multiple locations. The company provides monthly unlimited wash plans, FastPass memberships, and gift cards, and is noted for community involvement and fundraising activities.

Industry: Car Wash & Quick Lube Services

Attack summary

Severity: high — 259 GB / 77k files of confirmed exfiltrated data from a multi-location consumer services business likely contains customer PII (membership, payment, contact info) and employee records; data is marked as published, increasing exposure risk.

The m3rx group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 259 GB of data comprising roughly 77,000 files from Rainforest Carwash & Oil Change, with the data described as published (disclosed).

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business files (77k files, 259 GB)
Potentially customer records (FastPass/membership data)
Potentially employee records (careers/HR data)
Potentially financial/operational data

What the group claims

Rainforest Carwash and Oil Change, along with it’s owner, enjoys giving back to our local community. Hopefully you are inspired to help after seeing the ways in which we try to help others. Stolen: 259gb 77k files

The leak post

captured from the group's site

If you are interested in this data, please contact our support.Tox: 9A1217BEDA4AB77052A25D17CB6FFB34AFA2BE462E607F2FD8E1DF1DDD4CA16A64E18B1A0BF2

Sources

Victim siterainforestclean.com
Leak posthttp://4k6plf4h2cm2nco6ae3inrsxnmqgl6lllmwefydhnlcq4tuhwbj4qpad.onion

Source

Indexed 22 days ago

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