Was Meridian Forest Services Limited hit by ransomware?

Meridian Forest Services Limited was listed by the beast ransomware operation (Canada) 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.

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Meridian Forest Services Limited

Claimed by Beast · listed 1 hour ago

Today

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedAug 27, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Beast
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: Canada
Sector: Natural Resource Consulting / Forestry
Listed on leak site: Aug 27, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Meridian Forest Services Limited is a natural resource consulting company based in Canada offering forest engineering, silviculture, tenure management, strategic planning, geomatics, wildlife assessment, and project management. They serve First Nations, industry stakeholders, private forest landowners, and government entities, and maintain BC Forest Safety Council certification.

Industry: Natural Resource Consulting & Forestry Engineering

Attack summary

Severity: low — Post is a listing only with no proof files, no description of attack method, no confirmed data exfiltration, and no operational impact disclosed.

The leak post provides no detail on the nature of the alleged attack, data exfiltration, encryption, or any operational impact. No specific claims about compromised data or ransom are made.

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What the group claims

Meridian Forest Services Limited is a progressive natural resource consulting company that offers a range of services including forest engineering, silviculture, tenure management, strategic planning, geomatics, wildlife and danger tree assessment, and project management. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including First Nations, industry stakeholders, private forest landowners, and government entities. They are Safe Certified through the BC Forest Safety Council.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

Meridian Forest Services Limited is a progressive natural resource consulting company that offers a range of services including forest engineering, silviculture, tenure management, strategic planning, geomatics, wildlife and danger tree assessment, and project management. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including First Nations, industry stakeholders, private forest landowners, and government entities. Committed to safety, Meridian is Safe Certified through the BC Forest Safety Council, ensuring a secure work environment. Their innovative approach positions them as a leader in the natural resource sector

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Meridian Forest Services Limited

Sources

Leak posthttp://beast6azu4f7fxjakiayhnssybibsgjnmy77a6duufqw5afjzfjhzuqd.onion/card/meridian_forest_services

Source

Indexed 1 hour ago

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Disclosure context

About beast

The Beast ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in July 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations through their ransomware campaigns. With limited public documentation available from major security agencies, the group has demonstrated activity primarily targeting victims across the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, South Korea, and Argentina, accumulating approximately 65 known victims since their emergence. Their targeting pattern shows a focus on healthcare organizations, manufacturing companies, educational institutions, and construction firms, suggesting an opportunistic approach rather than highly specialized sector expertise. The group's recent emergence means there is insufficient public intelligence from CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other established security researchers regarding their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, or technical capabilities. Given the timeline of their first observation in mid-2025, Beast represents an active and emerging threat with their current operational status remaining unclear due to limited threat intelligence reporting from authoritative sources. The group has been linked to 108 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2025; most recent post August 27, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

August 27, 2026Meridian Forest Services Limited listed by beaston the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by beast

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Natural Resource Consulting / Forestry sector. Geographically, Meridian Forest Services Limited is reported in Canada, a country with 1,055 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by beast means Meridian Forest Services Limited 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.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CCCS (Canada), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on beast'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.