Disclosure context

About exitium

Exitium is an emerging ransomware group that was first observed in March 2026, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their limited but documented attack patterns. Given the recent emergence and limited public documentation, specific details about the group's country of origin, organizational structure, or potential affiliations remain unclear to security researchers and law enforcement agencies. The group's attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented due to their recent appearance and small victim count, though they appear to target specific sectors rather than conducting widespread campaigns. Exitium has been observed targeting organizations in the United States and Brazil, with a particular focus on the agriculture and food production sector as well as public sector entities, suggesting possible strategic targeting of critical infrastructure. The group remains active as of their recent emergence, though their limited victim count of two documented cases indicates they are either highly selective in their targeting, newly operational, or operating at a smaller scale compared to established ransomware groups. The group has been linked to 8 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 17, 2026; most recent post May 16, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 17, 2026Fannin CAD listed by exitiumon the group's public leak site

Data size: 400 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Public Sector sector, which has 259 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Fannin CAD 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Fannin Central Appraisal District

listed as Fannin CAD · Claimed by exitium · listed 2 months ago

400 GB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 17, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: exitium
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Public Sector
Listed on leak site: Mar 17, 2026
Data size: 400 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Fannin Central Appraisal District (Fannin CAD) is a Texas government agency responsible for appraising property values for tax purposes within Fannin County, Texas. It serves local taxing entities and property owners in the county seat of Bonham and surrounding areas. As a county appraisal district, it maintains property ownership records, valuation data, and related taxpayer information.

Industry: Government Tax Assessment & Appraisal
Address: 831 W. State Hwy 56, Bonham, TX 75418, United States
Employees: 10-50

Attack summary

Severity: critical — A county appraisal district holds large volumes of PII at scale including taxpayer names, addresses, property ownership and financial records for all county residents. 400 GB of exfiltrated and published data from a government entity with regulated PII constitutes a critical disclosure.

The exitium ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated 400 GB of data from Fannin Central Appraisal District and has published the data. No ransom amount was stated and no encryption claim was explicitly made.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Property ownership records
Property valuation data
Taxpayer personal information
County financial/assessment records
Internal government documents

What the group claims

Zoominfo: https://www.zoominfo.com/pic/fannin-central-appraisal-district/1117264519 Exfiltrated: 400 GB of data

Sources

Leak posthttp://m3ksukzn2glzfdvlusohril7n3iyk4z4fudf6mm22lwhpbpt5aiee5qd.onion#Fannin%20CAD

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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