Was GV Service hit by ransomware?

GV Service was listed by the sinobi ransomware operation (Italy), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the sinobi ransomware group?

sinobi is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the GV Service breach?

sinobi published data attributed to GV Service. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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GV Service

Claimed by Sinobi · listed 7 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedDec 2, 2025
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Sinobi
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Listed on leak site: Dec 2, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

GV Service is a supplier and distributor of Italian-made machinery and technology for the ceramic tile, natural stone, brick, and advanced ceramics industries in North America. The company provides equipment for new factory setups or capacity expansion, along with materials, consumables, spare parts, project management, and logistics services. Operating since 2000, it serves as a bridge between Italian technology manufacturers and North American industrial clients.

Industry: Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distribution (Ceramic & Stone Processing)
Founded: 2000

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published by the threat actor, indicating successful exfiltration of business data. While no regulated PII or medical/financial data is explicitly mentioned, the publication of internal business records from a B2B industrial supplier represents significant exposure of confidential commercial and operational information.

The Sinobi ransomware group claims to have compromised GV Service and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of company data, though the specific data categories and volume are not detailed in the post.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business operational data
Supplier/distributor records
Project management files
Logistics program data
Pricing and procurement records

What the group claims

GV SERVICE is a leading supplier and distributor of Italian-made cutting-edge technology for the ceramic tile, natural stone, brick, and advanced ceramics industries in North America. They provide all necessary machinery to establish new factory operations or expand existing capacities, along with high-quality materials, consumables, and spare parts. Their services include fine-tuned project management, logistics programs, and competitive pricing through bulk buying. Since 2000, GV SERVICE has been dedicated to distributing the latest Italian technologies in North America.

Sources

Leak posthttp://sinobi6ftrg27d6g4sjdt65malds6cfptlnjyw52rskakqjda6uvb7yd.onion/leaks/692f29d988b6823fa2301a83

Source

Indexed 7 months ago

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Disclosure context

About sinobi

Based on the limited publicly available information, Sinobi appears to be a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in July 2025, with financial motivations evidenced by their targeting of 268 victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, and there is no confirmed information regarding whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security research organizations, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad opportunistic approach rather than highly selective operations. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy, with a focus on manufacturing, healthcare, construction, and technology sectors, suggesting they may exploit common vulnerabilities across these industries rather than deploying sophisticated, sector-specific attack vectors. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Sinobi have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established threat intelligence firms. Given the recent emergence timeline and lack of extensive public documentation, the group's current operational status and long-term trajectory remain unclear, though the substantial victim count suggests continued activity as of the last available reporting period. The group has been linked to 274 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 5, 2025; most recent post May 8, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 2, 2025GV Service listed by sinobion the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by sinobi

sinobi has been linked to 274 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, GV Service is reported in Italy, a country with 635 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by sinobi means GV Service 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.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CSIRT Italia (Italy), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on sinobi'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.