Disclosure context

About Darkrace

Darkrace is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in May 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations through targeted extortion campaigns. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting European nations, particularly Italy, Sweden, and Portugal, while also conducting operations against victims in Japan and Switzerland, suggesting a broad international scope despite their limited scale of operations. With only 10 documented victims since their emergence, Darkrace appears to operate as a smaller, independent ransomware operation rather than a large-scale Ransomware-as-a-Service enterprise, though specific details regarding their country of origin and potential affiliations with other cybercriminal groups remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting. Due to the limited public documentation from major cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agencies regarding Darkrace's specific attack methodologies, encryption techniques, and initial access vectors, their operational tactics and technical capabilities are not well-established in current threat intelligence databases. The group has not been associated with any major, high-profile ransomware incidents that have drawn significant public attention or law enforcement response, likely due to their relatively small victim count and recent emergence in the threat landscape. Current intelligence suggests Darkrace remains active as of late 2023, though their limited operational footprint and absence from major cybersecurity advisories indicates they represent a lower-tier threat compared to more established ransomware operations. The group has been linked to 10 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 31, 2023; most recent post June 9, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 6, 2023PICPLUS.COM listed by Darkraceon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Media & Entertainment sector. Geographically, PICPLUS.COM 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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Pictures Plus & O'Roke Photography

listed as PICPLUS.COM · Claimed by Darkrace · listed 3 years ago

35m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jun 6, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Darkrace
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Media & Entertainment
Listed on leak site: Jun 6, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Pictures Plus & O'Roke Photography is a photography company based in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, serving the Quad-State area with over 50 years of combined experience. They specialize in school, sports, senior portrait, and special event photography. The company is a member of the Professional School Photographers Association (PSPA) and Photo Marketing Associates (PMA).

Industry: School & Portrait Photography Services
Address: 5256 Buchanan Trail E, Waynesboro, PA 17268, United States

Attack summary

Severity: high — The company provides school photography services involving minors, meaning any exfiltrated data likely includes PII of children and families; data has been confirmed published by the threat actor, elevating severity despite limited detail in the post.

Darkrace claims to have compromised Pictures Plus & O'Roke Photography and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), though no specific details about encryption or the nature of exfiltrated data are described in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Customer records
School photography client data
Student/minor portrait data
Business operational data

What the group claims

Pictures Plus and O'Roke Photography have over 50 years of combined experience providing School, Sports, Event & Portrait photography services in the Quad-State area. We are members of the PSPA (Professional School Photographers Association) as well as PMA (Photo Marketing Associates) and have a long history of community involvement and support. We have designed a hassle-free picture day, providing multiple photography stations to make your day run faster. We are staffed with trained and qualified personnel to ensure accuracy, quality and efficiency leading up to and on picture day. Our Customer Service cares about each and every customer. We stand by our friendly, home-town service and 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.

Sources

Victim sitepicplus.com
Leak posthttp://wkrlpub5k52rjigwxfm6m7ogid55kamgc5azxlq7zjgaopv33tgx2sqd.onion/da44d11b52e7/

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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