Disclosure context

About Hunters International

Hunters International is a ransomware group that emerged in October 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating rapid expansion in their victim targeting across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented by major security agencies, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a established Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on publicly available victim data, Hunters International has demonstrated a preference for targeting business services, technology, and manufacturing sectors, with their attacks primarily concentrated in English-speaking countries including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence organizations such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant, limiting detailed analysis of their initial access vectors, encryption methods, or data exfiltration practices. With 388 documented victims since their emergence, the group has shown consistent activity levels, though specific high-profile campaigns or notable ransom demands have not been widely reported in public threat intelligence reports. As of current reporting, Hunters International appears to remain active with no documented law enforcement disruptions or operational changes reported by major cybersecurity agencies. The group has been linked to 388 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 20, 2023; most recent post March 26, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Hunters.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 6, 2026Pathstone.com listed by Hunters Internationalon the group's public leak site

Data size: 15 GB

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, Pathstone.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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Pathstone.com

Claimed by Hunters International · listed 3 months ago

15 GB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 6, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Hunters International
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: Mar 6, 2026
Data size: 15 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Pathstone is a U.S.-based wealth advisory firm serving individuals, families, family offices, and institutions with over 775 team members and $185 billion in aggregate assets under management, advisory, and administration as of December 31, 2025. The firm offers a broad range of services including strategic financial planning, investment management, tax strategy, estate and trust planning, and family governance. It operates across multiple offices nationwide and caters primarily to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Industry: Wealth Management & Family Office Advisory
Employees: 775+

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Pathstone manages $185B+ in assets for high-net-worth families and institutions; confirmed exfiltration and publication of 15 GB including Salesforce CRM records almost certainly contains regulated financial PII (client identities, account details, investment portfolios) at significant scale, constituting a critical regulated-data breach under SEC/financial privacy rules.

Hunters International claims to have exfiltrated approximately 15 GB (compressed) of data from Pathstone, including Salesforce records and other internal corporate data, and has published the data after the company declined to reach a ransom agreement.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Salesforce CRM records
Internal corporate data
Potentially client and investor information

What the group claims

Salesforce records were compromised and other internal corporate data have been compromised. The company failed to reach an agreement with us despite all the chances and offers we made. They don't care about their clients nor investors. | Size: 15GB (compressed) | Updated: 06 Mar 2026 | SHA256: 6377f58fe8229bc376bbcf6acc32d00cdfb0ac415b8660106f29ca14fa6d0561

Sources

Victim sitePathstone.com

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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