Was UNIS hit by ransomware?

UNIS was listed by the Royal 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 Royal ransomware group?

Royal 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 UNIS breach?

Royal published data attributed to UNIS. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Unis LLC

listed as UNIS · Claimed by Royal · listed 3 years ago

41m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedFeb 20, 2023
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Royal
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Transportation & Logistics
Listed on leak site: Feb 20, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Unis LLC is a nationally recognized Third-Party Logistics Provider (3PL) founded in 1989 in Southern California. The company has expanded into all major U.S. markets, operating 50+ facilities nationwide and offering services including warehousing, freight, e-commerce fulfillment, B2B distribution, and proprietary supply chain technology. Unis serves major retailers and manufacturers across multiple sectors with a focus on technology-enabled supply chain solutions.

Industry: Third-Party Logistics (3PL) & Supply Chain Management
Founded: 1989

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the ransomware group, confirming exfiltration. Unis LLC is a large-scale 3PL operating across 50+ facilities nationwide with numerous enterprise clients; exposure of supply chain, client, and operational data represents significant business and potential PII risk at scale.

The Royal ransomware group claims an attack on Unis LLC resulting in data exfiltration and/or encryption, with the disclosure status recorded as data_published, indicating that stolen data has been released or made available. No ransom amount or specific data size was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Supply chain operational data
Client business records
Logistics and shipping records
Proprietary WMS/technology data
Vendor and partner information

What the group claims

Founded in 1989, Unis LLC has grown into a majority, nationally recognized Third-Party Logistics Provider (3PL). From humble beginnings with just a few trucks operating in Southern California, Unis has expanded into all major US markets, impacting the successful flow of commerce with superior technology, smarter supply chains, and faster execution.We credit our growth to an agile, customer-driven mindset, and strategic investments in technologies that give our clients the visibility and operational insights they require in today’s dynamic supply chain environment

Sources

Victim siteunisco.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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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

February 20, 2023UNIS listed by Royalon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Royal

Royal has been linked to 211 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 Transportation & Logistics sector, which has 180 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, UNIS is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Royal means UNIS 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.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Royal'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.