Disclosure context

About pear

The Pear ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in August 2025, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on their recent emergence and limited public documentation, specific details about their country of origin and organizational structure remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a financially-driven operation that may operate independently or as part of a smaller ransomware-as-a-service model. With 65 documented victims since their August 2025 debut, the group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, and Switzerland, with particular focus on healthcare, business services, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Their attack methodology and specific technical details have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies, though their rapid victim acquisition suggests they have established effective initial access and encryption capabilities. Notable campaigns and high-profile attacks have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, or major security research organizations, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small scale compared to established ransomware operations. As of late 2025, Pear appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim targeting across multiple geographic regions and industry verticals. The group has been linked to 87 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 5, 2025; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 20, 2026Exchange Group listed by pearon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Financial Services sector, which has 516 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Exchange Group is reported in CA, a country with 278 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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Exchange Group

Claimed by pear · listed 12 hours ago

Today

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 20, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: pear
Status: Data leaked
Country: CA
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: May 20, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Exchange Group is a professional services firm established in 1962, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They provide accounting, assurance, tax planning, forensic accounting, business consulting, and claims administration services to clients throughout Canada and internationally.

Industry: Professional Accounting, Assurance, Tax & Consulting Services
Address: 1 - 554 St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg, Canada R2M 3L5
Founded: 1962

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed data publication by ransomware operator targeting a financial services firm handling client accounting, tax, and claims data. Exposure of client financial and tax records represents significant business data breach with potential regulatory implications.

The pear group claims to have attacked Exchange Group and published data. The post provides minimal detail on the scope or nature of the exfiltration.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client financial records
Accounting files
Tax documents
Claims administration data

What the group claims

Professional Accounting and Consulting firms in the province of Manitoba

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Victim siteexg.ca
Leak posthttp://pearsmob5sn44ismokiusuld34pnfwi6ctgin3qbvonpoob4lh3rmtqd.onion/Companies/exg

Source

Indexed 12 hours ago

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