Disclosure context

About dragonforce

Dragonforce is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in December 2023, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns and victim selection. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their rapid accumulation of 439 documented victims suggests either sophisticated capabilities or possible connections to existing ransomware infrastructure. Based on their targeting patterns across diverse sectors including manufacturing, business services, technology, and construction, Dragonforce appears to employ opportunistic attack methodologies, though specific initial access vectors, encryption methods, and extortion tactics have not been publicly detailed by major security firms or law enforcement agencies. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations primarily in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, with the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Italy representing their most frequent victim locations, suggesting possible language capabilities or geographic operational preferences. As of current reporting, Dragonforce appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim acquisition, though the lack of detailed public analysis from major threat intelligence organizations indicates either operational security measures that have limited researcher visibility or that the group has not yet conducted sufficiently high-profile attacks to warrant extensive public documentation by CISA, FBI, or established security research firms. The group has been linked to 537 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 13, 2023; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 27, 2026ibswebsite.com listed by dragonforceon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, ibswebsite.com 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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Integrated Building Systems

listed as ibswebsite.com · Claimed by dragonforce · listed 23 days ago

23d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 27, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: dragonforce
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Apr 27, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Integrated Building Systems (IBS) is a Columbus, Ohio-based technology integrator specializing in planning, design, and installation of audio-visual, cabling, networking, wireless, and security systems for commercial buildings. The company serves a range of clients including schools, healthcare facilities, and businesses across Central Ohio. IBS has been operating since 1993 and markets itself as a provider of smart-building technology solutions.

Industry: IT & AV Technology Integration for Commercial Buildings
Address: 950 Michigan Ave., Columbus, OH 43215, United States
Founded: 1993

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data is marked as published (disclosed), indicating confirmed exfiltration; the victim handles commercial building IT/network infrastructure including security systems, and likely holds sensitive client network credentials, contracts, and employee PII.

DragonForce claims to have exfiltrated data from Integrated Building Systems and has published the data, though no specific data size or ransom demand was stated in the post. The broader leak post pattern from this group indicates exfiltration of corporate, financial, HR, and operational documents.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate correspondence
Financial documents
HR documents
Accounting documents
Contracts
Passwords
Databases

What the group claims

The company helps commercial organizations invest in technology solutions for their businesses by offering technology consulting, as well as the design and integration of solutions for voice communications, data transmission, video, and security.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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{"data":{"count":483,"publications":[{"uuid":"b008b8b7-0e47-416f-adcd-2313d8136de4","created_at":"2026-05-08T20:56:13.122134Z","name":"CF Evans Construction","website":"www.cfevans.com","address":"125 Regional Pkwy Ste 200, Orangeburg, South Carolina, 29118, United States","description":"A recognized leader in the multi-family housing construction industry, CF Evans Construction provides a product for developers. The company has thrived amid six decades.\nThe data of this company includes:\n    Corporate correspondence of senior executives\n    Financial documents\n    HR documents\n    Accounting documents\n    Certificates, contracts, passwords, databases, and much more.","weight":4775795351552,"is_timer_publication_stopped":false,"timer_publication":"2026-05-22T07:48:00Z","try_again":false,"tags":[],"logo_uuid":"f4e582dd-6562-4590-bac8-2b9e5c564853","is_transfering":false},{"uuid":"3827192f-9bb3-490c-9c1c-d28b382510cd","created_at":"2026-05-08T17:53:24.736605Z","name":"CMC Expertise Comptable","website":"cmcexpertise.fr","address":"32 Rue De La Clairière, Fort-de-France,","description":"CMC Expertise Comptable is a certified accounting firm located in Martinique, dedicated t…

Sources

Source

Indexed 23 days ago

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