Disclosure context

About pear

The Pear ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in August 2025, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on their recent emergence and limited public documentation, specific details about their country of origin and organizational structure remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a financially-driven operation that may operate independently or as part of a smaller ransomware-as-a-service model. With 65 documented victims since their August 2025 debut, the group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, and Switzerland, with particular focus on healthcare, business services, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Their attack methodology and specific technical details have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies, though their rapid victim acquisition suggests they have established effective initial access and encryption capabilities. Notable campaigns and high-profile attacks have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, or major security research organizations, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small scale compared to established ransomware operations. As of late 2025, Pear appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim targeting across multiple geographic regions and industry verticals. The group has been linked to 87 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 5, 2025; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 9, 2026Powell, Powell & Powell, P.A. listed by pearon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Powell, Powell & Powell, P.A. is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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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Powell, Powell & Powell, P.A.

Claimed by pear · listed 1 month ago

41d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 9, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: pear
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Apr 9, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Powell, Powell & Powell Law Firm, P.A. is a personal injury law firm based in Crestview, Florida, operating since 1951. The firm represents Florida residents in cases involving auto accidents, truck accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice, premises liability, and related practice areas. The firm claims to have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for injury victims over its six-plus decades of operation.

Industry: Personal Injury Law
Address: Crestview, Florida, US
Employees: 1-10
Founded: 1951

Attack summary

Severity: critical — A personal injury law firm holds highly sensitive regulated data including client PII, medical records, financial settlement details, and privileged attorney-client communications. Data has been confirmed published, meaning exfiltration of this sensitive and potentially legally protected information is disclosed, warranting a critical severity rating.

The ransomware group 'pear' claims to have compromised Powell, Powell & Powell, P.A. and has published data from the attack. The disclosure status indicates data has been published, suggesting exfiltration of firm and/or client records.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal case files
Personal injury case records
Client personally identifiable information (PII)
Medical records and documentation
Financial settlement records
Attorney-client communications

What the group claims

A law firm specializing in personal injury cases

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Powell, Powell & Powell, P.A.

Sources

Victim sitepowelllawfirm.com
Leak posthttp://pearsmob5sn44ismokiusuld34pnfwi6ctgin3qbvonpoob4lh3rmtqd.onion/Companies/powelllawfirm

Source

Indexed 1 month ago

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