Disclosure context

About Royal

Royal is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, quickly establishing itself as a significant threat with over 200 documented victims across multiple sectors. The group is believed to operate independently rather than as a ransomware-as-a-service model, though their exact country of origin remains unclear based on publicly available intelligence. Royal primarily gains initial access through phishing campaigns and exploitation of remote desktop protocols, subsequently deploying custom ransomware that encrypts victim files while exfiltrating sensitive data for double extortion tactics. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting critical infrastructure and public services, with notable attacks against educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and government entities primarily in the United States, though they have also significantly impacted organizations across Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and France. Their encryption methodology involves custom-built malware that systematically encrypts files while maintaining persistence on compromised networks. As of recent reporting from federal agencies including CISA and FBI advisories, Royal remains an active threat with ongoing campaigns targeting organizations across their preferred sectors, particularly focusing on entities with limited cybersecurity resources that may be more likely to pay ransom demands. The group has been linked to 211 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 4, 2022; most recent post July 19, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 22, 2023Agostini Insurance Brokers listed by Royalon the group's public leak site

Data size: 24 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Finance sector, which has 92 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Agostini Insurance Brokers is reported in Trinidad and Tobago.

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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Agostini Insurance Brokers

Claimed by Royal · listed 3 years ago

24 GB

Data size

36m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 22, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Royal
Status: Data leaked
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Sector: Finance
Listed on leak site: May 22, 2023
Data size: 24 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Agostini Insurance Brokers Limited is the longest-standing private-sector insurance brokerage firm in Trinidad and Tobago, incorporated on 29 December 1950 under the name Agostini Brothers Insurance Limited. The company provides tailored business and personal insurance solutions, including motor, home, and cyber insurance products, serving clients across Trinidad and Tobago. It operates as an independent broker, acting on behalf of clients rather than insurers.

Industry: Insurance Brokerage
Address: Trinidad and Tobago
Founded: 1950

Attack summary

Severity: critical — An insurance brokerage holds regulated financial and personal data (PII, policy details, claims information, payment data) at scale. Confirmed exfiltration of 24 GB with data published constitutes a critical breach of sensitive regulated data affecting both individual and business clients.

The Royal ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated 24 GB of data from Agostini Insurance Brokers Limited and has published the data. No ransom amount was stated.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client insurance records
Business insurance documentation
Personal insurance documentation
Claims records
Financial/payment data
Employee/HR data

What the group claims

Agostini Insurance Brokers Limited is the longest standing private sector firm of Insurance Brokers within Trinidad and Tobago, having previously been incorporated in the name Agostini Brothers Insurance Limited on the 29th of December 1950.Total downloaded data - 24gb

Sources

Victim siteagostini.com
Leak posthttp://royal4ezp7xrbakkus3oofjw6gszrohpodmdnfbe5e4w3og5sm7vb3qd.onion/jmnwtuqxBcHUwVppflaQRNwHkmakVAtG

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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