Was MedPeds Associates hit by ransomware?

MedPeds Associates was listed by the beast ransomware operation (United States) as a victim being extorted; data had not been published at the time of listing. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

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MedPeds Associates

Claimed by Beast · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedMay 29, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Beast
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: United States
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: May 29, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

MedPeds Associates is a medical practice in Sarasota, Florida, offering internal medicine and pediatric care with emphasis on preventive health. The practice holds Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home certification and provides services including same-day lab work, chronic disease management, and telehealth.

Industry: Healthcare - Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Address: Sarasota, Florida, US

Attack summary

Severity: high — Healthcare provider with patient medical records and PHI at risk; healthcare sector qualifies as regulated/sensitive data environment. Listing on leak site indicates exfiltration claim, though no proof files are documented in the post.

The Beast ransomware group claims to have attacked MedPeds Associates and lists the victim on their leak site. No specific details are provided about what data was exfiltrated or operational impact.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Patient medical records
Personal health information
Patient demographic data

What the group claims

MedPeds Associates, located in Sarasota, Florida, specializes in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics with a strong emphasis on preventive care for adults, seniors, and children. The practice is recognized as a Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. They offer same day lab services, chronic care management, and telehealth options.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

MedPeds Associates, located in Sarasota, Florida, specializes in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics with a strong emphasis on preventive care for adults, seniors, and children. The practice is recognized as a Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, showcasing its commitment to high-quality healthcare practices. They offer a full spectrum of medical services including same day lab services, chronic care management, and telehealth options. Their goal is to promote good health through proper nutrition, regular professional care, and the establishment of good habits.

Screenshot of the leak post

Sources

Leak posthttp://beast6azu4f7fxjakiayhnssybibsgjnmy77a6duufqw5afjzfjhzuqd.onion/card/medpeds

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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Disclosure context

About beast

The Beast ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in July 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations through their ransomware campaigns. With limited public documentation available from major security agencies, the group has demonstrated activity primarily targeting victims across the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, South Korea, and Argentina, accumulating approximately 65 known victims since their emergence. Their targeting pattern shows a focus on healthcare organizations, manufacturing companies, educational institutions, and construction firms, suggesting an opportunistic approach rather than highly specialized sector expertise. The group's recent emergence means there is insufficient public intelligence from CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other established security researchers regarding their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, or technical capabilities. Given the timeline of their first observation in mid-2025, Beast represents an active and emerging threat with their current operational status remaining unclear due to limited threat intelligence reporting from authoritative sources. The group has been linked to 106 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2025; most recent post August 25, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 29, 2026MedPeds Associates listed by beaston the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by beast

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare sector, which has 2,608 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, MedPeds Associates is reported in United States, a country with 3,164 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by beast means MedPeds Associates appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on beast's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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.