Disclosure context

About genesis

Genesis is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in October 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns across multiple high-value sectors. The group has demonstrated a relatively aggressive operational tempo since emergence, accumulating 54 documented victims within a short timeframe. Given the limited public documentation available from established threat intelligence sources regarding this newly identified group, specific details about their country of origin, organizational structure, and precise attack methodologies remain under investigation by security researchers. The group's targeting patterns indicate a preference for victims in the United States and United Kingdom, with additional activity observed in Malaysia and Spain, suggesting either a broad operational scope or the use of automated targeting tools that do not discriminate by geography. Their sector targeting reveals a focus on healthcare, manufacturing, business services, and financial services organizations, indicating they may prioritize entities with both high revenue potential and critical operational dependencies that increase pressure for ransom payment. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited reporting from major threat intelligence organizations such as Mandiant, CISA, or FBI, comprehensive details regarding their specific encryption methods, initial access vectors, data exfiltration practices, or notable high-profile campaigns have not yet been publicly documented. Genesis remains an active threat as of current reporting, though their operational longevity and potential connections to established ransomware ecosystems continue to be assessed by the cybersecurity community. The group has been linked to 82 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 21, 2025; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 12, 2026Pequod Associates listed by genesison the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Pequod Associates 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.

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Pequod Associates

Claimed by genesis · listed 9 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: genesis
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Pequod Associates Limited is a global leader in the provision of Marine Claims Third Party Administration (TPA) and Recovery services, specialising in detailed data reporting and analysis. The company offers comprehensive marine insurance claims management, recoveries, demurrage, legal services, hull and marine liabilities, and transport and liability claims to clients worldwide. It operates as a client-focused global team serving shipping companies, insurers, and oil traders among others.

Industry: Marine Insurance Claims TPA & Recovery Services

Attack summary

Severity: high — 120 GB of confirmed exfiltrated and published data includes sensitive commercial insurance claims, client-specific marine data, counter-party and board-level information, and freight/shipping records, representing significant business and potentially regulated financial/insurance data at scale.

The Genesis ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 120 GB of data from Pequod Associates, including client folders, marine insurance and claims data, shipping company freight data, board data, and user network folders. The data has been published and a file-tree archive is advertised for download on a Tor-hosted site.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client folder storage
Marine insurance data
Insurance claim data
Shipping company and freight data
Marine company analysis data
Operational data
Counter-party data
Board data
File server data
User network folders

The group's post references roughly 1 proof file.

What the group claims

A global leader in the provision of Marine Claims TPA and Recovery services.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

Pequod Associates Limited are a global leader in the provision of Marine Claims TPA and Recovery services, specializing in detailed data reporting and analysis.

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- 120 GB of available data.
- Client folder storage.
- Marine insurance data.
- Insurance claim data.
- Data on shipping companies and their freight.
- Marine company analysis data.
- Operational data.
- Counter-party data.
- Board data.
- Data from the company’s file server.
- User network folders. 

```

[Download The List of Company Files](http://genesis6ixpb5mcy4kudybtw5op2wqlrkocfogbnenz3c647ibqixiad.onion/download/80b620d6cdd9a7f8d31b_tree.7z)

Screenshot of the leak post

Sources

Victim sitepequodassociates.com
Leak posthttp://genesis6ixpb5mcy4kudybtw5op2wqlrkocfogbnenz3c647ibqixiad.onion/80b620d6cdd9a7f8d31b/

Source

Indexed 9 days ago

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