Disclosure context

About genesis

Genesis is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in October 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns across multiple high-value sectors. The group has demonstrated a relatively aggressive operational tempo since emergence, accumulating 54 documented victims within a short timeframe. Given the limited public documentation available from established threat intelligence sources regarding this newly identified group, specific details about their country of origin, organizational structure, and precise attack methodologies remain under investigation by security researchers. The group's targeting patterns indicate a preference for victims in the United States and United Kingdom, with additional activity observed in Malaysia and Spain, suggesting either a broad operational scope or the use of automated targeting tools that do not discriminate by geography. Their sector targeting reveals a focus on healthcare, manufacturing, business services, and financial services organizations, indicating they may prioritize entities with both high revenue potential and critical operational dependencies that increase pressure for ransom payment. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited reporting from major threat intelligence organizations such as Mandiant, CISA, or FBI, comprehensive details regarding their specific encryption methods, initial access vectors, data exfiltration practices, or notable high-profile campaigns have not yet been publicly documented. Genesis remains an active threat as of current reporting, though their operational longevity and potential connections to established ransomware ecosystems continue to be assessed by the cybersecurity community. The group has been linked to 82 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 21, 2025; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 11, 2026Casino Gaming Commission listed by genesison the group's public leak site

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, Casino Gaming Commission is reported in JM.

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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Casino Gaming Commission

Claimed by genesis · listed 9 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 11, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: genesis
Status: Data leaked
Country: JM
Sector: Public Sector
Listed on leak site: May 11, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Casino Gaming Commission (CGC) is a Jamaican government regulatory body responsible for overseeing and licensing casino and gaming operations in Jamaica. It operates under public sector authority and manages regulatory, operational, and financial aspects of the gaming industry in the country. The commission's official domain is cgc.gov.jm.

Industry: Gaming & Casino Regulation (Public Sector)
Address: Jamaica

Attack summary

Severity: high — A confirmed 100 GB exfiltration from a government regulatory body with data already published. The data includes financial and operational records from a public sector entity, representing significant regulatory and governmental sensitivity, though no confirmed large-scale PII or medical data is explicitly stated.

The group 'genesis' claims to have exfiltrated approximately 100 GB of data from the Casino Gaming Commission of Jamaica, encompassing racing data, casino data, project data, operational data, financial data, and files from the company's fileserver. The data has been published, with a file list made available via a Tor onion link.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Racing data
Casino data
Project data
Operational data
Financial data
Fileserver contents

The group's post references roughly 1 proof file.

What the group claims

Official Casino Gaming Commission of Jamaica.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

Official Casino Gaming Commission of Jamaica

```
- 100 Gb of accessible data.
- Racing Data. 
- Casino Data.
- Project Data.
- Operational Data.
- Financial Data.
- Data from company fileserver. 

```

[Download The List of Company Files](http://genesis6ixpb5mcy4kudybtw5op2wqlrkocfogbnenz3c647ibqixiad.onion/download/d37982cb248dfd3939cc.txt)

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Casino Gaming Commission

Sources

Victim sitecgc.gov.jm
Leak posthttp://genesis6ixpb5mcy4kudybtw5op2wqlrkocfogbnenz3c647ibqixiad.onion/d37982cb248dfd3939cc/

Source

Indexed 9 days ago

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