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

September 25, 2021www.myyp.com listed by Payloadbinon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,524 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, www.myyp.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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Buy Local Media Group

listed as www.myyp.com · Claimed by Payloadbin · listed 5 years ago

56m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Sep 25, 2021
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Payloadbin
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Sep 25, 2021

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Buy Local Media Group is a California-based digital and print marketing solutions provider headquartered in Fresno, CA. With over three decades of experience, the company serves local businesses across the United States with services including digital advertising, SEO, website development, reputation management, social marketing, and direct mail campaigns. It operates under the domain myyp.com and can be reached via buylocalmediagroup.com.

Industry: Digital & Print Marketing Services
Address: 4969 E. McKinley #206, Fresno, CA 93727

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is listed as published by the group, confirming some level of exfiltration or disclosure, but no leak post details, data size, or sensitive data categories (e.g. PII at scale, financial, medical) are documented, limiting severity assessment.

The Payloadbin ransomware group claims to have attacked Buy Local Media Group, with the disclosure status listed as data_published, indicating data has been released. No specific details about encryption, exfiltration volume, or data categories are available from the captured leak post.

medium

Sources

Victim sitemyyp.com

Source

Indexed 5 years ago

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