Disclosure context

About Medusa

Medusa, also known as MedusaLocker, is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022 and has since compromised 568 known victims across multiple countries. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear from publicly available intelligence, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a documented Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Medusa primarily targets organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Australia, with a focus on business services, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology sectors, employing typical ransomware tactics including data encryption and likely exfiltration for double extortion purposes, though specific technical methodologies and initial access vectors have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports. While the group has maintained a relatively high victim count since its emergence, detailed information about specific notable campaigns, high-profile victims, or major ransom demands has not been widely reported by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. As of current intelligence assessments, Medusa appears to remain active in the threat landscape, continuing to target organizations across their established geographic and sectoral preferences. The group has been linked to 568 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 15, 2022; most recent post February 14, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: MedusaLocker.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 27, 2025Adore Children and Family Services listed by Medusaon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare sector, which has 1,779 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Adore Children and Family Services 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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Adore Children and Family Services

Claimed by Medusa · listed 7 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Oct 27, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Medusa
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: Oct 27, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Adore Children and Family Services is a United States-based organization operating in the healthcare and social services sector, likely providing support, care, or case management services to children and families. No public website content was available to confirm operational details, scale, or location. The organization's name suggests a focus on child welfare and family support programs.

Industry: Children & Family Social Services

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The organization serves children and families in a healthcare/social services context, meaning any exfiltrated data is highly likely to include sensitive PII of minors, medical or mental health records, and family case information — all regulated categories. The disclosed status of 'data_published' indicates actual data release has occurred or is imminent, elevating this to critical.

The Medusa ransomware group claims to have attacked Adore Children and Family Services and has reached the data_published stage, indicating exfiltrated data has been or is being released. The leak post content was inaccessible due to a CAPTCHA challenge, so specific data categories and volumes cannot be confirmed from the post itself.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Potentially child welfare records
Potentially family case files
Potentially staff personal information
Potentially financial records

What the group claims

Adore Children and Family Services is a foster care agency dedicated to providing substitute care for children in need. The organization offers a comprehensive range of services, including individual case management, behavioral assessments, and training for foster families.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Leak posthttp://xfv4jzckytb4g3ckwemcny3ihv4i5p4lqzdpi624cxisu35my5fwi5qd.onion/detail?id=9e14d88b0261ed97cde237330ccb55e7

Source

Indexed 7 months ago

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