Was PROBE, S.A. DE C.V hit by ransomware?

PROBE, S.A. DE C.V was listed by the krybit ransomware operation (Mexico), 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 krybit ransomware group?

krybit 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 PROBE, S.A. DE C.V breach?

krybit published data attributed to PROBE, S.A. DE C.V. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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PROBE, S.A. de C.V.

listed as PROBE, S.A. DE C.V · Claimed by Krybit · listed 3 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJun 10, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Krybit
Status: Data leaked
Country: Mexico
Listed on leak site: Jun 10, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

PROBE is a Salvadoran family-owned beauty and wellness group founded in 1978, operating 11 Vidal's beauty salons, one luxury spa (Sento), six retail beauty supply stores (TBS), and two professional product distributors across El Salvador and Central America. The group employs over 350 staff and generates approximately $11.9 million USD in annual revenue.

Industry: Beauty & Wellness Retail; Salons, Spas & Professional Distribution
Address: Blvd. de los Héroes, Pasaje San Carlos #157, San Salvador, El Salvador
Employees: 350+
Founded: 1978

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data published status with no specified proof count, exfiltration details, or data sensitivity indicators provided. No operational disruption mentioned. Classification as medium pending confirmation of data type and volume.

The krybit ransomware group claims to have conducted an attack on PROBE. The leak post indicates data has been published but does not specify whether encryption occurred, what data was exfiltrated, or the operational impact.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business records
Customer data
Employee information

What the group claims

***.A. DE C.V. is a Salvadoran family-owned company founded in 1978, headquartered in San Salvador, El Salvador. It...

The leak post

captured from the group's site

PROBE, S.A. DE C.V. is a Salvadoran family-owned company founded in 1978, headquartered in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is the leading beauty and wellness group in Central America, originally established to create a chain of beauty salons under the brand VIDAL'S. Over more than 45 years, the group has expanded to include: 11 beauty salons (Vidal's) with strategic presence in San Salvador and Surf City; 1 luxury spa and salon (Sento Luxury Spa & Salon); 6 retail beauty supply stores (The Beauty Supply — TBS) in San Salvador, San Miguel, Santa Ana, and Sonsonate; and 2 professional beauty product distributors (Disprobe and Intrade) carrying exclusive brands such as Tec Italy, Framesi, and Orly, alongside 3 technical training centers. The group employs over 350 collaborators and serves the professional beauty market across El Salvador and Central America. Annual revenue is estimated at approximately $11.9 million USD.
Blvd. de los Héroes, Pasaje San Carlos #157, San Salvador, El Salvador 🇸🇻
🕐 Mon–Fri: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Screenshot of the leak post

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 days ago

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Disclosure context

About krybit

Krybit is an emerging ransomware group that was first observed in April 2026, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their limited documented attacks against diverse sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to limited public intelligence, and it is unknown whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. With only four known victims documented across geographically diverse regions including Mexico, Austria, Japan, and Botswana, the group appears to employ broad targeting rather than focused regional or sector-specific campaigns, though their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and data exfiltration practices have not been publicly documented by major security firms or law enforcement agencies. No notable high-profile campaigns or significant ransoms have been publicly reported, and no law enforcement actions against the group have been documented. Given the recent emergence of this group and extremely limited public reporting, Krybit's current operational status and capabilities remain largely unknown to the broader cybersecurity community. The group has been linked to 48 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 3, 2026; most recent post June 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 10, 2026PROBE, S.A. DE C.V listed by krybiton the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by krybit

krybit has been linked to 48 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, PROBE, S.A. DE C.V is reported in Mexico, a country with 52 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by krybit means PROBE, S.A. DE C.V 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on krybit'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.