Disclosure context

About chaos

Based on the limited publicly available information, Chaos is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in March 2025, appearing to be financially motivated given their ransom demands and targeting patterns. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their operational model and whether they operate as Ransomware-as-a-Service or as an independent entity has not been definitively established by security researchers. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities are not yet well-documented in public threat intelligence reports, though their targeting suggests they employ common initial access vectors to compromise victims across multiple sectors. Chaos has claimed 41 victims primarily concentrated in the United States, Germany, Poland, Malaysia, and Sweden, with a particular focus on technology companies, financial services, business services, and manufacturing sectors, though the scope and impact of their most significant attacks have not been widely publicized. The group currently appears to be active based on recent victim claims, though comprehensive analysis from major security firms regarding their long-term operational capabilities and potential law enforcement actions remains limited due to their recent emergence in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 53 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 31, 2025; most recent post May 17, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 26, 2026milespartnership.com listed by chaoson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Hospitality and Tourism sector, which has 159 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, milespartnership.com is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

← All victims

Miles Partnership

listed as milespartnership.com · Claimed by chaos · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 26, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: chaos
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Hospitality and Tourism
Listed on leak site: Feb 26, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Miles Partnership is a strategic marketing consultancy based in Sarasota, Florida, focused exclusively on travel and tourism. The firm offers destination marketing, digital marketing, print publishing, data management, mobile marketing, email marketing, and hospitality marketing services. It positions itself as a champion of positive change in the travel and tourism sector.

Industry: Travel & Tourism Marketing Consultancy
Address: Sarasota, Florida, United States
Founded: 2005

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by the threat actor. As a marketing consultancy handling destination and email marketing data, the company likely holds client PII, email subscriber lists, and business-sensitive client campaign data across multiple travel/tourism sector clients, representing significant third-party risk.

The Chaos ransomware group claims to have attacked Miles Partnership and has published data from the victim, as indicated by the 'data_published' disclosure status. The specific nature of the exfiltrated or encrypted data is not detailed in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Marketing client data
Email marketing records
Data management files
Internal business documents

What the group claims

The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Sarasota, Florida. Miles Partnership offers destination marketing, digital marketing, print publishing, data management, mobile marketing, email marketing, and hospitality marketing.

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

This 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.