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Punjab Forensic Science Agency

Claimed by Beast · listed 8 months ago

$23.83
Ransom
demanded
8m
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedNov 9, 2025
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Beast
Status
Data leaked
Country
Pakistan
Sector
Public Sector
Listed on leak site
Nov 9, 2025
Ransom demanded
$23.83

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) is a Pakistani government agency operating under the Punjab provincial government, accessible at www.pfsa.gop.pk. It provides forensic science services including crime scene analysis, laboratory testing, and expert evidence to support the criminal justice system in Pakistan's Punjab province. As a public-sector body, it handles highly sensitive law enforcement and judicial data.

Industry
Forensic Science & Public Safety Laboratory Services

Attack summary

Severity: critical — PFSA is a government forensic science agency handling highly sensitive law enforcement, criminal case, and judicial evidence data. Confirmed data publication by a ransomware group exposes regulated government data with direct implications for ongoing criminal investigations, witness safety, and national law enforcement integrity.

The Beast ransomware group claims to have published data exfiltrated from PFSA, with the disclosure status marked as 'data_published'. The ransom demand was stated at $23.83, suggesting either a token/symbolic amount or a data-entry anomaly, and no specific data volume was provided.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Government forensic case files
  • Law enforcement evidence records
  • Criminal investigation data
  • Employee/staff records
  • Internal agency documents

What the group claims

The Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) provides a range of forensic services including audio visual analysis, computer forensics, DNA and serology, pathology, latent fingerprint analysis, and trace chemistry. It aims to support law enforcement agencies through training and education, offering courses and workshops on evidence collection and preservation. The agency also facilitates study tours for various institutions to familiarize them with its operations. PFSA is dedicated to enhancing forensic science capabilities in Pakistan to combat corruption and promote justice.

The leak post

captured from the group's site
[ 2fORM Architecture specializes in innovative sustainable architecture, offering design services for residential, commercial, and interior projects. Their portfolio includes a diverse range of developments, such as multi-family housing, health care facilities, and various remodels. The company aims to serve clients in the Pacific Northwest, including individual homeowners, businesses, and institutions. With a commitment to sustainability and creativity, 2fORM Architecture enhances the built environment through thoughtful design. ](http://beast6azu4f7fxjakiayhnssybibsgjnmy77a6duufqw5afjzfjhzuqd.onion/card/2form_architecture)[ ACMARK s r o is a company that operates in the Repair Services industry. It employs 10to19 people and has 1Mto5M of revenue. The company is headquartered in Brno, South Moravian, Czech Republic. ](http://beast6azu4f7fxjakiayhnssybibsgjnmy77a6duufqw5afjzfjhzuqd.onion/card/acmark)[ AJU Pharm Co., Ltd. is a prominent South Korean total healthcare company founded in 1953. For over 70 years, it has evolved from a manufacturer of raw materials into a global pharmaceutical group specializing in prescription drugs, medical devices, and health supplements P U B L I S H…

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Punjab Forensic Science Agency

Sources

Source

Indexed 8 months ago

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Disclosure context

About beast

The Beast ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in July 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations through their ransomware campaigns. With limited public documentation available from major security agencies, the group has demonstrated activity primarily targeting victims across the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, South Korea, and Argentina, accumulating approximately 65 known victims since their emergence. Their targeting pattern shows a focus on healthcare organizations, manufacturing companies, educational institutions, and construction firms, suggesting an opportunistic approach rather than highly specialized sector expertise. The group's recent emergence means there is insufficient public intelligence from CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other established security researchers regarding their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, or technical capabilities. Given the timeline of their first observation in mid-2025, Beast represents an active and emerging threat with their current operational status remaining unclear due to limited threat intelligence reporting from authoritative sources. The group has been linked to 104 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2025; most recent post June 11, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • November 9, 2025Punjab Forensic Science Agency listed by beaston the group's public leak site
Ransom demanded
$23.83

Other recent disclosures by beast

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Public Sector sector, which has 466 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Punjab Forensic Science Agency is reported in Pakistan, a country with 9 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by beast means Punjab Forensic Science Agency 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 beast'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.