Disclosure context

About SilentRansomGroup

Based on the limited available information, SilentRansomGroup is a relatively new ransomware operation that first emerged in May 2025, appearing to be financially motivated given their targeting patterns across multiple high-value sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their diverse geographic targeting including the United States, Germany, Canada, and Russia suggests either a sophisticated operation or potential ransomware-as-a-service model. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security researchers, though their targeting of business services, financial services, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors indicates they likely focus on organizations with both valuable data and ability to pay significant ransoms. With 93 known victims across multiple countries and sectors in a relatively short timeframe since May 2025, SilentRansomGroup has demonstrated notable activity levels, though specific high-profile campaigns or ransom amounts have not been publicly disclosed by CISA, FBI, or major threat intelligence firms. The group appears to remain active as of current reporting periods, though comprehensive technical analysis and attribution efforts by established security researchers are still developing given their recent emergence in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 117 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 6, 2025; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 22, 2026Phelps Dunbar listed by SilentRansomGroupon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Phelps Dunbar 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.

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Phelps Dunbar

Claimed by SilentRansomGroup · listed 2 months ago

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Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 22, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: SilentRansomGroup
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Mar 22, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Phelps Dunbar is a full-service law firm founded in 1853 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. The firm practices across multiple areas of law and serves clients throughout the Gulf South region and beyond, with multiple offices across the southeastern United States. It is one of the oldest and largest law firms in the region.

Industry: Legal Services
Address: 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, United States
Employees: 500-1000
Founded: 1853

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Phelps Dunbar is a law firm, meaning exfiltrated data almost certainly includes privileged attorney-client communications, sensitive client PII, financial records, and confidential legal matter files at scale. Data is marked as published, meaning active exposure of highly sensitive regulated information.

SilentRansomGroup claims to have exfiltrated data from Phelps Dunbar and has published the data, though no specific ransom amount or data size was stated in the post.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal files
Confidential attorney-client communications
Case documents
Employee records
Financial records
Personally identifiable information

What the group claims

Founded in 1853 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, Phelps Dunbar is a law firm practicing in…

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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