Disclosure context

About Ransomexx

RansomEXX is a financially motivated ransomware operation that emerged in May 2020, targeting organizations across multiple sectors with a focus on extracting ransom payments through encryption and data theft tactics. The group is believed to operate independently rather than as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model, with suspected ties to Russian-speaking cybercriminals based on code analysis and operational patterns observed by security researchers. RansomEXX operators typically gain initial access through exploiting public-facing applications, particularly targeting vulnerable VPN appliances and remote desktop services, before deploying their custom ransomware payload which uses strong encryption algorithms and is often preceded by data exfiltration to enable double extortion schemes where stolen data is threatened to be publicly released if ransom demands are not met. The group has been responsible for several high-profile attacks including incidents against government entities and major corporations, with documented cases involving ransoms in the millions of dollars, though specific victim details are often kept confidential by affected organizations. Based on recent threat intelligence reporting, RansomEXX continues to maintain active operations as of 2024, with ongoing campaigns targeting the technology and healthcare sectors primarily in the United States and Europe. The group has been linked to 85 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 14, 2020; most recent post April 17, 2026. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: Ransom X, Defray777, Defray-777, Defray 2018.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 24, 2023Jacobs Farm listed by Ransomexxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Food & Agriculture sector, which has 13 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Jacobs Farm 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.

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Jacobs Farm / Del Cabo

listed as Jacobs Farm · Claimed by Ransomexx · listed 3 years ago

35m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jun 24, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Ransomexx
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Food & Agriculture
Listed on leak site: Jun 24, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Jacobs Farm / Del Cabo is one of the first certified organic farms in the United States, growing organic tomatoes, vegetables, squash, and culinary herbs across coastal Northern California and Baja Mexico since 1980. The company markets fresh organic produce and operates sustainability initiatives including climate adaptation programs for smallholder farms. It is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.

Industry: Organic Produce Farming & Distribution
Address: 303 Potrero Street, Suite 3, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Founded: 1980

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published by the group (data_published status), indicating confirmed exfiltration rather than a mere listing; however, no specific sensitive data categories (e.g. PII at scale, financial, medical) or data volume have been disclosed, limiting severity to medium.

RansomExx claims to have attacked Jacobs Farm / Del Cabo with data published (disclosed status confirmed), though no specific data size or ransom amount was stated in the post. The nature of the data exfiltrated has not been detailed in the truncated leak post.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business records
Operational data

What the group claims

Jacobs Farm was founded in 1980 as a small organic family farm dedicated to growing fresh, high quality, delicious food without damaging the environment.

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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