Disclosure context

About Rancoz

Rancoz is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in May 2023, operating with apparent financial motivations and maintaining a low profile compared to major ransomware families. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undetermined due to limited public documentation from major cybersecurity agencies and research organizations, with no confirmed information regarding their country of origin or whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on available targeting data, Rancoz appears to focus primarily on manufacturing sector organizations within the United States, though their specific attack methodology, initial access vectors, and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports from established sources such as CISA, FBI, or major cybersecurity firms. With only six known victims documented since their emergence, the group has not conducted any widely-publicized major campaigns or attracted significant law enforcement attention that has been made public. Current intelligence suggests the group remains active as of recent observations, though their limited victim count and low public profile indicate they operate as a relatively minor threat actor within the broader ransomware ecosystem. The group has been linked to 6 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 5, 2023; most recent post September 3, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 3, 2023Rick Ramos Law (rickramoslaw.com) listed by Rancozon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Legal sector, which has 21 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Rick Ramos Law (rickramoslaw.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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Rick Ramos Law (rickramoslaw.com)

Claimed by Rancoz · listed 3 years ago

33m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Sep 3, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Rancoz
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Legal
Listed on leak site: Sep 3, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Rick Ramos Law is a U.S.-based law firm operating under the domain rickramoslaw.com. Based on the firm name and sector classification, it appears to be a small legal practice. No further details about its location, size, or practice areas are available from the provided sources.

Industry: Legal Services

Attack summary

Severity: high — Law firms inherently handle sensitive regulated data including privileged attorney-client communications, personally identifiable information, and potentially financial or litigation records. The 'data_published' status indicates confirmed exfiltration and public release of this data, elevating severity to high even absent a detailed inventory.

The Rancoz ransomware group claims to have attacked Rick Ramos Law, with the disclosure status indicating data has been published. No specific details about encryption, exfiltration methods, or the nature of the published data were provided in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Legal case files
Client records
Attorney-client communications

What the group claims

Legal Services industry

Sources

Victim siterickramoslaw.com
Leak posthttp://ze677xuzard4lx4iul2yzf5ks4gqqzoulgj5u4n5n4bbbsxjbfr7eayd.onion/post/4.html

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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