Was Dr. Prat Itharat (ophthalmology practice) hit by ransomware?

Dr. Prat Itharat (ophthalmology practice) was listed by the safepay ransomware operation as a victim being extorted; data had not been published at the time of listing. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the safepay ransomware group?

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Dr. Prat Itharat Ophthalmology Practice

listed as Dr. Prat Itharat (ophthalmology practice) · Claimed by Safepay · listed 2 days ago

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedSep 14, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Safepay
Status: Listed for ransom
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: Sep 14, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

A private ophthalmology practice founded by Dr. Prat Itharat, a board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in cataract surgery and comprehensive eye care. No public website or additional location information is available.

Industry: Healthcare — Ophthalmology

Attack summary

Severity: low — Listing only with no operational proof, no data inventory disclosed, and no confirmation of actual compromise or data exfiltration. The leak post text is a generic template covering multiple unrelated companies and does not substantiate a breach of this specific practice.

The SafePay group has listed the practice as a victim, but the leak post provides no specific details about what data was compromised, whether encryption or exfiltration occurred, or what patient/business records are at stake.

low

What the group claims

The practice was founded by Dr. Prat Itharat, a board-certified ophthalmologist who specializes in cataract surgery and comprehensive eye care.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

# SafePay ransomware has never provided and does not provide the RaaS
The company provides a combination of talent acquisition, IT consulting, digital engineering, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and workforce management services to … 
Established in 1994, the company has more than three decades of experience providing technology products, infrastructure, consulting, maintenance, and technical … 
The company is based in Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, and operates through the GSN Gestión brand. Its website states that … 
The company was registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission in 1997 and received authorization to operate as a … 
The company is headquartered in Onda, Castellón, one of Europe's most important ceramic manufacturing regions. Established in 1949, Gayafores has … 
The company provides insurance brokerage, risk-management, financial consulting, and related assistance services to private individuals, businesses, professionals, artisans, and commercial … 
The company operated in Argentina and was historically connected with the manufacture and distribution of fragrances, toiletries, and personal-care products. … 
The official website, reichen…

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Dr. Prat Itharat (ophthalmology practice)

Sources

Leak posthttp://safepaypfxntwixwjrlcscft433ggemlhgkkdupi2ynhtcmvdgubmoyd.onion

Source

Indexed 2 days ago

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Disclosure context

About safepay

The Safepay ransomware group is a newly emerged threat actor first observed in November 2024, demonstrating rapid operational scale with 444 documented victims in a short timeframe, indicating financially motivated cybercriminal activity. Due to the group's recent emergence, publicly documented information about their country of origin, affiliations, and operational model remains limited among established threat intelligence sources. Given the recency of their appearance and lack of detailed technical analysis from major security firms, their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors including manufacturing, technology, education, and healthcare, with primary focus on victims in the United States, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, though no specific high-profile campaigns or notable incidents have been publicly attributed to them by major security vendors or law enforcement agencies. As of the latest available intelligence, Safepay appears to remain active, though comprehensive threat profiling is limited due to the group's recent emergence and the current lack of detailed technical analysis from established cybersecurity research organizations. The group has been linked to 779 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 19, 2024; most recent post September 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 14, 2026Dr. Prat Itharat (ophthalmology practice) listed by safepay on the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by safepay

safepay has been linked to 779 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 Healthcare sector, which has 2,608 disclosures indexed across all operators we track.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by safepay means Dr. Prat Itharat (ophthalmology practice) appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on safepay'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.