Disclosure context

About Payloadbin

Payloadbin is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in September 2021, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion operations targeting diverse sectors across multiple countries. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, with limited information available regarding whether they operate as an independent entity or utilize a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on observed victim patterns, Payloadbin has demonstrated a broad targeting approach without apparent sector specialization, though they have notably impacted healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture and food production, and telecommunications organizations across 48 documented cases. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security research organizations, though their operational pattern suggests standard ransomware deployment tactics. The group has primarily targeted victims in the United States, Philippines, Australia, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, indicating either a broad opportunistic approach or potential linguistic capabilities spanning English-speaking regions and select international markets. No major high-profile campaigns, significant law enforcement disruptions, or notable ransomware payment records have been publicly attributed to this group by federal agencies or established threat intelligence firms. Current operational status remains unclear due to limited public documentation, though the group's relatively recent emergence and modest victim count suggests they may represent a smaller-scale operation compared to prominent ransomware families tracked by CISA and FBI reporting. The group has been linked to 48 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2021; most recent post March 26, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 14, 2026Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos listed by Payloadbinon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Agriculture and Food Production sector, which has 536 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos is reported in Dominican Republic.

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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Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos, S.A.

listed as Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos · Claimed by Payloadbin · listed 2 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 14, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Payloadbin
Status: Data leaked
Country: Dominican Republic
Sector: Agriculture and Food Production
Listed on leak site: Mar 14, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos, S.A. (AFD) is a Dominican Republic-based company that produces food-grade alcohol and rum-related spirits using sugarcane juice as its primary raw material. The company operates industrial distillation processes and maintains quality and sustainability programs. It focuses on alcohol production intended for human consumption.

Industry: Alcoholic Beverages & Spirits Production

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is reported as published, indicating confirmed exfiltration, but no detail on the nature, scale, or sensitivity of the data (e.g., PII, financial, regulated records) is provided in the leak post, preventing a higher severity classification.

The Payloadbin ransomware group claims to have compromised Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos, S.A. and has disclosed the status as data_published, indicating exfiltration and publication of company data; however, the leak post does not specify the volume of data exfiltrated or detail the exact nature of files published.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data

What the group claims

Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos, S.A. (AFD) is a Dominican company that produces food-grade alcohol and rum-related spirits using sugarcane juice as its main raw material. The company focuses on alcohol production for human consumption and uses industrial distillation processes with quality and sustainability programs.

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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