Disclosure context

About lapsus$

Lapsus$ is a financially motivated cybercriminal group that emerged in December 2021, gaining notoriety for their aggressive extortion tactics and high-profile targeting of major corporations and government entities. The group is believed to have originated from South America, particularly Brazil, with suspected ties to young hackers operating independently rather than as a traditional ransomware-as-a-service operation, though they have demonstrated sophisticated coordination and insider recruitment capabilities. Lapsus$ primarily relies on social engineering techniques, SIM swapping, and insider threats to gain initial access to target networks, often recruiting employees through bribes or coercion rather than relying on traditional malware delivery methods, and they frequently employ data theft and public leak tactics for extortion rather than always deploying encryption-based ransomware. The group has conducted notable attacks against major technology companies including Microsoft, Nvidia, Samsung, and Okta, as well as targeting organizations across France, the United States, Brazil, Germany, and Canada, with a particular focus on consumer services, education, government facilities, and critical manufacturing sectors, leading to significant law enforcement attention and arrests of suspected members. Following arrests of key members by Brazilian and UK authorities in 2022, the group's activity has significantly diminished, though some security researchers suggest remnants may still be operational under different identities. The group has been linked to 21 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 10, 2021; most recent post May 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 1, 2026Lacoste listed by lapsus$on the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Consumer Services sector, which has 396 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Lacoste is reported in France, a country with 472 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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Lacoste

Claimed by lapsus$ · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 1, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: lapsus$
Status: Data leaked
Country: France
Sector: Consumer Services
Listed on leak site: Mar 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Lacoste is a French luxury apparel and lifestyle brand founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste and André Gillier, best known for its iconic green crocodile logo. The company designs and sells clothing, footwear, sportswear, eyewear, leather goods, and perfumes across international markets through department stores, shopping malls, and standalone boutiques. It is headquartered in Paris, France.

Industry: Luxury Apparel & Lifestyle Goods
Employees: 1001-5000
Founded: 1933

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is marked as published by a known and credible threat actor (Lapsus$), indicating some level of exfiltration has occurred; however, no specific data types, scale, or regulated/sensitive data categories are described in the leak post, preventing a higher severity classification.

The Lapsus$ group claims to have attacked Lacoste and has published data ('data_published' status), though the leak post provides no specific detail on whether encryption or exfiltration occurred, nor the nature or volume of data involved.

medium

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

Lacoste is a high-end French clothing company founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste and André Gillier. The company is renowned for its iconic green crocodile logo. They primarily produce clothing, footwear, sportswear, eyewear, leather goods, and perfumes. Its polo shirts are particularly popular. Lacoste products are sold internationally at various department stores, shopping malls, and standalone boutiques.

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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