Was Bikkal & Associates (sblawyers) hit by ransomware?

Bikkal & Associates (sblawyers) was listed by the sinobi ransomware operation (United States), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the sinobi ransomware group?

sinobi is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Bikkal & Associates (sblawyers) breach?

sinobi published data attributed to Bikkal & Associates (sblawyers). Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Bikkal & Associates, P.C.

listed as Bikkal & Associates (sblawyers) · Claimed by Sinobi · listed 5 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJan 18, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Sinobi
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Jan 18, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Bikkal & Associates, P.C. is a full-service immigration law firm based in New York, New York, with over 40 years of experience in immigration and nationality law. The firm serves individuals, families, and employers across employment-based immigration, naturalization, and family-based immigration matters. It operates in the New York tri-state area and nationwide.

Industry: Immigration Law
Address: New York, NY, United States

Attack summary

Severity: critical — An immigration law firm holds highly sensitive PII for immigrant clients — including visa applications, national origin, family relationships, employment records, and potentially passport/identification documents — all of which constitute regulated personal data at scale. Disclosure of such records could expose vulnerable individuals to serious harm.

The group sinobi claims to have compromised Bikkal & Associates, P.C. and has published data ('data_published' status), suggesting exfiltration of firm and client records. No specific data size or ransom amount was stated in the post.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client immigration case files
Personally identifiable information (PII) of immigrants
Family and employer immigration records
Legal correspondence and documents
Naturalization and visa application data

What the group claims

Bikkal & Associates, P.C. is a full-service immigration law firm based in New York, specializing in immigration and nationality law for individuals, families, and employers. With over 40 years of experience, the firm provides comprehensive assistance with various immigration matters, including employment-based immigration, naturalization, and family-based immigration. They are dedicated to protecting the rights of immigrants and offer personalized legal guidance to navigate complex immigration processes. The firm serves clients in New York, the tri-state area, and nationwide.

Sources

Leak posthttp://sinobi6ftrg27d6g4sjdt65malds6cfptlnjyw52rskakqjda6uvb7yd.onion/leaks/696d3e0f6387a4c9a26e4df3

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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Disclosure context

About sinobi

Based on the limited publicly available information, Sinobi appears to be a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in July 2025, with financial motivations evidenced by their targeting of 268 victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, and there is no confirmed information regarding whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security research organizations, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad opportunistic approach rather than highly selective operations. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy, with a focus on manufacturing, healthcare, construction, and technology sectors, suggesting they may exploit common vulnerabilities across these industries rather than deploying sophisticated, sector-specific attack vectors. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Sinobi have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established threat intelligence firms. Given the recent emergence timeline and lack of extensive public documentation, the group's current operational status and long-term trajectory remain unclear, though the substantial victim count suggests continued activity as of the last available reporting period. The group has been linked to 274 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 5, 2025; most recent post May 8, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 18, 2026Bikkal & Associates (sblawyers) listed by sinobion the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by sinobi

sinobi has been linked to 274 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,643 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Bikkal & Associates (sblawyers) is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by sinobi means Bikkal & Associates (sblawyers) appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Monitor for the data appearing on sinobi's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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.