Disclosure context

About Lynx

Lynx is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in July 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating rapid scaling capabilities with 397 documented victims within their first few months of operation. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their targeting patterns suggest a sophisticated operation that may operate independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on their victim distribution, Lynx appears to employ broad-spectrum targeting methodologies focusing heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and Australia representing their primary geographic targets, while concentrating their attacks on manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation/logistics sectors, though specific technical details regarding their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not yet been extensively documented by major security research organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents that have gained significant public attention from law enforcement agencies or established threat intelligence firms. As of late 2024, Lynx appears to remain active with no reported law enforcement disruptions or operational changes. The group has been linked to 410 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2024; most recent post May 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 30, 2026shorelinenyc.com listed by Lynxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Hospitality and Tourism sector, which has 159 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, shorelinenyc.com 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Shoreline Builders

listed as shorelinenyc.com · Claimed by Lynx · listed 4 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jan 30, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Lynx
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Hospitality and Tourism
Listed on leak site: Jan 30, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Shoreline Builders is a construction company based in New York City specializing in drywall installation and related contracting services. The company emphasizes on-time, on-budget project delivery and maintains long-term client relationships. It operates with a focus on quality, safety, and craftsmanship across its projects.

Industry: Construction & Drywall Installation

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published), confirming exfiltration occurred, but no specific sensitive regulated data (PII at scale, medical, financial) is identified in the post, and no data size or detailed inventory is provided.

The Lynx ransomware group claims to have attacked Shoreline Builders and has published data as part of a disclosed leak, indicating exfiltration of company data. No ransom amount or specific data volume has been stated.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Potentially client records
Potentially project/contract documentation

What the group claims

Shoreline builders continuously raises the bar in excellence, quality and safety in all aspects of our company ensuring that every project is delivered on time and within budget. We pride ourselves on building strong long term relationships with our clients and delivering top quality services. Our team has an extensive knowledge and the valuable experience needed to ensure that all your drywall installation projects are completed to the highest of standards

Sources

Victim siteshorelinenyc.com
Leak posthttp://lynxchatly4zludmhmi75jrwhycnoqvkxb4prohxmyzf4euf5gjxroad.onion/leaks/697c6c399c439c5f45748ea0

Source

Indexed 4 months ago

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