Disclosure context

About Lynx

Lynx is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in July 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating rapid scaling capabilities with 397 documented victims within their first few months of operation. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their targeting patterns suggest a sophisticated operation that may operate independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on their victim distribution, Lynx appears to employ broad-spectrum targeting methodologies focusing heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and Australia representing their primary geographic targets, while concentrating their attacks on manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation/logistics sectors, though specific technical details regarding their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not yet been extensively documented by major security research organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents that have gained significant public attention from law enforcement agencies or established threat intelligence firms. As of late 2024, Lynx appears to remain active with no reported law enforcement disruptions or operational changes. The group has been linked to 410 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2024; most recent post May 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 17, 2026powersmiller.com listed by Lynxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, powersmiller.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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Powers Miller Attorneys At Law

listed as powersmiller.com · Claimed by Lynx · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 17, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Lynx
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Feb 17, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Powers Miller Attorneys At Law is a civil litigation law firm based in Northern California specializing in liability cases, including homeowners and general liability and insurance defense. The firm provides legal representation to insurance companies, businesses, and individuals across California and beyond. It is recognized for its focus on responsive, customized legal services and positive client outcomes.

Industry: Civil Litigation & Insurance Defense Law
Address: Northern California, United States

Attack summary

Severity: high — A law firm handling civil litigation and insurance defense would hold significant volumes of sensitive client PII, privileged legal communications, and confidential case files. Data has been published (not merely listed), confirming exfiltration of potentially regulated and legally privileged information.

The Lynx ransomware group claims to have attacked Powers Miller Attorneys At Law and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), suggesting exfiltration of firm and client records. No ransom amount or specific data volume was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal files
Insurance defense case records
Liability case documentation
Business correspondence
Personally identifiable information of clients
Financial records

What the group claims

Powers Miller Attorneys At Law is a civil litigation firm based in Northern California, specializing in liability cases, including homeowners and general liability, as well as insurance defense. The firm provides responsive and customized legal representation to insurance companies, businesses, and individuals across California and beyond. Their experienced team is dedicated to achieving positive outcomes for clients while maintaining a high level of customer service and professionalism. Powers Miller is recognized for its excellence in civil litigation and is committed to being a dependable advocate for their clients

Sources

Victim sitepowersmiller.com
Leak posthttp://lynxchatly4zludmhmi75jrwhycnoqvkxb4prohxmyzf4euf5gjxroad.onion/leaks/699461319c439c5f450e0de2

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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