Disclosure context

About play

**Overview:** Play (also known as PlayCrypt) is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in late 2022, conducting targeted attacks against organizations across multiple sectors with a focus on financial extortion. **Origin & Affiliation:** The group's country of origin remains unclear based on public reporting, though they appear to operate independently rather than as a traditional ransomware-as-a-service model. **Attack Methodology:** Play ransomware operators typically gain initial access through compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials and exploit valid accounts, then move laterally through networks using tools like Cobalt Strike before deploying their custom ransomware payload. The group employs double extortion tactics, stealing sensitive data before encryption and threatening to publish it on their leak site if ransom demands are not met. **Notable Campaigns:** According to CISA advisories, Play has targeted over 300 entities globally since its emergence, with significant impacts on critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare, education, and government services, though specific ransom amounts and individual victim details vary in public reporting. **Current Status:** Play remains an active threat as of 2024, continuing to target organizations primarily in North America and Europe according to ongoing security researcher observations and law enforcement warnings. The group has been linked to 1,276 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 26, 2022; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: PlayCrypt.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 12, 2026Ashcroft Homes listed by playon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Construction sector, which has 415 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Ashcroft Homes is reported in CA, a country with 278 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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Ashcroft Homes

Claimed by play · listed 8 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: play
Status: Data leaked
Country: CA
Sector: Construction
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Ashcroft Homes is Ottawa's premier new home and condominium developer, building master-planned communities, townhomes, semi-detached, single-family homes, and urban condominiums across the Ottawa region. The company also develops and leases commercial, retail, and industrial spaces. It operates multiple branded communities including CitiPlace, Eastboro, Re Residences, and The Next at Central Park.

Industry: Residential Real Estate Development & Construction
Address: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by the Play group, indicating successful exfiltration. As a real estate developer, Ashcroft Homes likely holds significant volumes of customer PII, financial transaction data, and employee records, making the published disclosure high severity.

The Play ransomware group claims to have attacked Ashcroft Homes and has published data from the victim. No specific data size or ransom amount was stated, but the disclosed status indicates data has been published.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate business data
Potentially customer/buyer personal information
Potentially financial records
Potentially employee records

What the group claims

Canada

The leak post

captured from the group's site

PLAY NEWS PLAY PLAY NEWS CONTACT FAQ Play ransomware HAS NEVER PROVIDED AND DOES NOT PROVIDE THE RaaS , read the FAQ page. WE NEVER WRITES FIRST, IF SOMEONE WRITES TO YOU, THEY ARE SCAMMERS. If we have not responded to you by email within 12 hours, please leave your contact information on the website in the contact tab. DURAND-WAYLAND &nbsp;United States &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;www.durand-wayland.com &#128065;&#65039; views: 217 added: 2026-05-12 publication date: 2026-05-16 3 DAYS BEFORE PUBLICATION Ashcroft Homes &nbsp;Canada &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;www.ashcrofthomes.ca &#128065;&#65039; views: 261 added: 2026-05-12 publication date: 2026-05-16 3 DAYS BEFORE PUBLICATION IWC Food Service &nbsp;United States &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;www.goiwc.com &#128065;&#65039; views: 256 added: 2026-05-12 publication date: 2026-05-16 3 DAYS BEFORE PUBLICATION ACC Construction &nbsp;United States &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;www.acc-construction.com &#128065;&#65039; views: 229 added: 2026-05-12 publication date: 2026-05-16 3 DAYS BEFORE PUBLICATION Northern Mechanical Contractors &nbsp;United States &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;www.northernmc.com &#128065;&#65039; views: 256 …

Sources

Victim sitewww.ashcrofthomes.ca
Leak posthttp://j75o7xvvsm4lpsjhkjvb4wl2q6ajegvabe6oswthuaubbykk4xkzgpid.onion/topic.php?id=Ul7KzLlrhp3eZH

Source

Indexed 8 days ago

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