Was Unknown - Waste Management Company hit by ransomware?

Unknown - Waste Management Company was listed by the safepay ransomware operation as a victim being extorted; data had not been published at the time of listing. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the safepay ransomware group?

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Unknown - Waste Management Company

Claimed by Safepay · listed 5 days ago

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedJun 10, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Safepay
Status: Listed for ransom
Sector: Waste Management
Listed on leak site: Jun 10, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

A waste management company specializing in the collection, transportation, treatment, and management of municipal solid waste and recyclable materials. The company has been operating for over 40 years and is based in a regional North American location.

Industry: Waste Management

Attack summary

Severity: low — Victim is listed with no operational impact stated, no proof files described, and no confirmation of data exfiltration or encryption details provided in the post.

SafePay ransomware group lists the company as a victim; the post content does not clearly state whether data was exfiltrated, encrypted, or both, nor does it specify what data is at stake.

low

What the group claims

Founded in 1983, the company specializes in the collection, transportation, treatment, and management of municipal solid waste and recyclable materials.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

# SafePay ransomware has never provided and does not provide the RaaS
Founded in 1947, the company specializes in the production of oleochemical products, particularly fatty acid esters and specialty chemicals derived … 
Over more than seventy years of operation, the company has evolved from an import-export business into a diversified manufacturer, distributor, … 
Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Woodbridge, Ontario, the company has grown into one of North America’s major suppliers of … 
Founded in 1958 (with the current corporate structure established in 2007), the company specializes in supplying industrial components, automation systems, … 
The network was established to provide integrated cross-border transport solutions, allowing member companies to coordinate freight movements efficiently throughout Europe. … 
Founded in 1983, the company specializes in the collection, transportation, treatment, and management of municipal solid waste and recyclable materials. … 
Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, the company has operated for more than 40 years and has developed into a significant regional … 
Founded in 2000, the company specializes in website development, digital adver…

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Unknown - Waste Management Company

Sources

Leak posthttp://safepaypfxntwixwjrlcscft433ggemlhgkkdupi2ynhtcmvdgubmoyd.onion

Source

Indexed 5 days ago

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Disclosure context

About safepay

The Safepay ransomware group is a newly emerged threat actor first observed in November 2024, demonstrating rapid operational scale with 444 documented victims in a short timeframe, indicating financially motivated cybercriminal activity. Due to the group's recent emergence, publicly documented information about their country of origin, affiliations, and operational model remains limited among established threat intelligence sources. Given the recency of their appearance and lack of detailed technical analysis from major security firms, their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors including manufacturing, technology, education, and healthcare, with primary focus on victims in the United States, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, though no specific high-profile campaigns or notable incidents have been publicly attributed to them by major security vendors or law enforcement agencies. As of the latest available intelligence, Safepay appears to remain active, though comprehensive threat profiling is limited due to the group's recent emergence and the current lack of detailed technical analysis from established cybersecurity research organizations. The group has been linked to 585 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 19, 2024; most recent post June 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 10, 2026Unknown - Waste Management Company listed by safepayon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by safepay

safepay has been linked to 585 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 Waste Management sector.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by safepay means Unknown - Waste Management Company appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. 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 safepay'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.