Was JP Molyneux Studio Ltd hit by ransomware?

JP Molyneux Studio Ltd was listed by the Deadlock ransomware operation as a victim being extorted; data had not been published at the time of listing. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

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JP Molyneux Studio Ltd

Claimed by Deadlock · listed 3 hours ago

27 GB

Data size

Today

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedAug 21, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Deadlock
Status: Listed for ransom
Sector: Interior Design
Listed on leak site: Aug 21, 2026
Data size: 27 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

JP Molyneux Studio Ltd showcases the exclusive work of internationally renowned interior designer Juan Pablo Molyneux. The studio operates as a high-end interior design practice.

Industry: Interior Design

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration of 27 GB including identity documents (107 passports with MRZ data), bank statements, and financial credentials. Exposure of PII and sensitive financial data at scale represents significant risk to individuals and the business.

Deadlock claims to have exfiltrated 27 GB of data (14,836 files) from JP Molyneux Studio Ltd. The leaked data includes passport scans (MRZ), bank statements, promissory notes, and financial credentials.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Passports (MRZ scans)
Bank statements
Promissory notes
BIR/eFPS credentials
Business financial records

What the group claims

JP Molyneux Studio Ltd showcases the exclusive work of internationally renowned interior designer Juan Pablo Molyneux.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

Publishes after: <b>6d 2h 40m</b>
JP Molyneux Studio Ltd showcases the exclusive work of internationally renowned interior designer Juan Pablo Molyneux. 
Publishes after: <b>9d 21h 57m</b>
GTS legally registered as Global Terminal Hizmetleri A.Ş. It is the largest independent storage terminal for liquid fuels and oil in the entire Mediterranean region. 
LT Group / Fortune Tobacco Corp
Amount: 27 GB | Files: 14,836
107 Passports (MRZ) 1,712 Bank Statements (PNB + Holco USD accounts) 212 Promissory Notes (Eton Properties, PHP 2.53B debt) 231 BIR/eFPS credentials 
Publishes after: <b>1d 12h 8m</b>
United Fiber Optic Communication Inc. (UFOC) is an established, publicly traded telecommunications company from Taiwan. The company acts as a total solution provider for communication networks and specializes in the manufacture of fiber optic cables and the provision of integrated technological systems. 
Ahenk Laboratuvarı is an ISO 15189-accredited medical laboratory in Turkey, founded in 1998 and located in Istanbul-Şişli. The company offers services in clinical biochemistry, microbiology, pathology, and genetics, and collaborates with Limbach Laboratories in Germany. 
Pasello Trattamenti …

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for JP Molyneux Studio Ltd

Sources

Leak posthttp://deadblogdbdu5wprek7wa2o4ce7rnt6u6ntqeud3hzjjcveosgpsqqqd.onion

Source

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Disclosure context

About Deadlock

Deadlock is a ransomware group first observed in June 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, having claimed responsibility for attacks against at least 10 known victims across a geographically diverse target set. Given the recency of their emergence and limited public documentation by major threat intelligence organizations such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant at this time, a comprehensive technical profile cannot be fully established. Based on available victimology data, the group has demonstrated a targeting pattern spanning Singapore, China, Sweden, Spain, and Nigeria, suggesting an opportunistic or globally distributed operational scope rather than a regionally focused campaign. Targeted sectors include manufacturing, business services, telecommunications, and financial services, indicating a preference for industries with high operational dependencies and potential for significant disruption, which is consistent with financially motivated ransomware actors seeking maximum leverage for ransom payment. No confirmed attribution regarding country of origin, RaaS affiliation, or specific tooling has been publicly documented by authoritative sources as of this profile's preparation. Due to the group's nascent operational timeline and the limited volume of publicly verified intelligence, analysts should treat this profile as preliminary and subject to significant revision as additional technical indicators, victim disclosures, and research reporting become available. Continued monitoring is advised given the cross-sector and cross-regional targeting behavior observed in this early operational phase. The group has been linked to 112 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on June 15, 2026; most recent post August 21, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

August 21, 2026JP Molyneux Studio Ltd listed by Deadlockon the group's public leak site

Data size: 27 GB

Other recent disclosures by Deadlock

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Interior Design sector.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Deadlock means JP Molyneux Studio Ltd appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. 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 Deadlock'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.