Was Kan & Krishme hit by ransomware?

Kan & Krishme was listed by the sinobi ransomware operation (India), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the sinobi ransomware group?

sinobi is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Kan & Krishme breach?

sinobi published data attributed to Kan & Krishme. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Kan & Krishme

Claimed by Sinobi · listed 5 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJan 15, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Sinobi
Status: Data leaked
Country: India
Listed on leak site: Jan 15, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Kan & Krishme is an Indian legal firm specialising in intellectual property matters including patents, trademarks, and design rights, as well as advertising law. The firm operates under the Bar Council of India's regulations and provides legal information resources through its website. It does not solicit work or advertise its services, and explicitly avoids establishing lawyer-client relationships through its online presence.

Industry: Legal Services – Intellectual Property & Advertising Law

Attack summary

Severity: high — The disclosure status is 'data_published', meaning data has reportedly been released. As a legal/IP firm, confidential client communications, privileged legal documents, and sensitive patent or trademark filings are likely involved, constituting significant regulated and professionally privileged data exposure.

The Sinobi ransomware group has disclosed data purportedly obtained from Kan & Krishme, with the post status indicating data has been published. No specific details about encryption, exfiltration volume, or the nature of the published data are provided in the leak post.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Legal client records
Intellectual property case files
Internal firm documents

What the group claims

Kan and Krishme provides legal information and resources, specifically in the fields of patents, trademarks, design, and advertising law. The company operates under the regulations of the Bar Council of India, emphasizing that it does not solicit work or advertise its services. Their website offers information solely at the user's request, without establishing any lawyer-client relationship. Clients seeking legal advice are encouraged to consult independently for any legal issues.

Sources

Victim sitewww.kan-krishme.com
Leak posthttp://sinobi6ftrg27d6g4sjdt65malds6cfptlnjyw52rskakqjda6uvb7yd.onion/leaks/6964034c6387a4c9a21c7123

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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Disclosure context

About sinobi

Based on the limited publicly available information, Sinobi appears to be a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in July 2025, with financial motivations evidenced by their targeting of 268 victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, and there is no confirmed information regarding whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security research organizations, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad opportunistic approach rather than highly selective operations. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy, with a focus on manufacturing, healthcare, construction, and technology sectors, suggesting they may exploit common vulnerabilities across these industries rather than deploying sophisticated, sector-specific attack vectors. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Sinobi have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established threat intelligence firms. Given the recent emergence timeline and lack of extensive public documentation, the group's current operational status and long-term trajectory remain unclear, though the substantial victim count suggests continued activity as of the last available reporting period. The group has been linked to 274 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 5, 2025; most recent post May 8, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 15, 2026Kan & Krishme listed by sinobion the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by sinobi

sinobi has been linked to 274 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full sinobi dossier →

Sector and geography

Geographically, Kan & Krishme is reported in India, a country with 255 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by sinobi means Kan & Krishme appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on sinobi'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.