Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsThe Best Connection
Claimed by Royal · listed 3 years ago
Status timeline
- Listed
May 26, 2023
- Data leaked
At a glance
- Group
- Royal
- Status
- Data leaked
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Sector
- Business Services
- Listed on leak site
- May 26, 2023
- Data size
- 1.4 TB
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profileThe Best Connection is one of the UK's leading independent providers of temporary staffing and flexible workforce solutions, headquartered in Bromsgrove, United Kingdom. With over 35 years of experience, it serves clients across driving, industrial, warehouse & distribution, and retail sectors. The company operates multiple branches across the UK and supports a large community of temporary workers.
- Industry
- Temporary Staffing & Workforce Solutions
- Address
- Bromsgrove, United Kingdom
- Employees
- 1001-5000
Attack summary
Severity: critical — 1.4 TB of exfiltrated and published data from a large UK staffing agency likely contains substantial PII at scale — including personal details of temporary workers, employees, and client organisations — meeting the threshold for critical severity under regulated data exposure.The Royal ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated 1.4 TB of data from The Best Connection, with the disclosure status indicating data has been published. No ransom amount was stated.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- Employee records
- Temporary worker personal data
- Client business data
- Recruitment and staffing records
- Potentially payroll and financial records
What the group claims
Headquartered in Bromsgrove, United Kingdom, The Best Connection is a independent provider of flexible workforce solutions to the driving, industrial, warehouse & distribution and retail sectors.Total downloaded data - 1.4tb
Sources
Source
Indexed 3 years agoThis page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.
