Disclosure context

About Cloak

Cloak is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in August 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a broad international targeting scope with 162 documented victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, though their operational patterns suggest they may operate independently rather than as part of a larger ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem. Limited public documentation exists regarding their specific attack methodologies, encryption techniques, or data exfiltration practices, though their targeting patterns indicate sophisticated capabilities to compromise organizations across diverse sectors including business services, technology, healthcare, and manufacturing. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting victims in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, with the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy representing their primary geographic focus areas. Cloak appears to remain active as of current reporting, though the relative scarcity of detailed public analysis from major threat intelligence firms suggests either operational security effectiveness or a lower profile compared to more established ransomware operations. The group has been linked to 162 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 24, 2023; most recent post February 24, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 30, 2025Fitzpatrickhotels.com listed by Cloakon 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, Fitzpatrickhotels.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.

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Fitzpatrick Hotel Group

listed as Fitzpatrickhotels.com · Claimed by Cloak · listed 5 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 30, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Cloak
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Hospitality and Tourism
Listed on leak site: Dec 30, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Fitzpatrick Hotel Group is a family-owned Irish hospitality company operating two boutique 4-star hotels in Midtown Manhattan: Fitzpatrick Manhattan and Fitzpatrick Grand Central. The hotels offer accommodations, dining, meeting and event spaces, and wedding services in prime New York City locations near Central Park, Fifth Avenue, and Grand Central Terminal. The group markets itself on Irish-style warmth and a loyal-guest programme called Fitzclusives.

Industry: Boutique Hotel & Hospitality
Address: Midtown Manhattan, New York City, NY, United States

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data is marked as published (disclosed status: data_published), confirming exfiltration by the group. A hospitality operator holds significant PII including guest names, contact details, payment card data, and reservation histories, representing meaningful sensitive data exposure at scale even if exact volume is unstated.

The Cloak ransomware group claims to have attacked Fitzpatrick Hotel Group and has published data, indicating confirmed exfiltration; the specific data categories and volume have not been explicitly detailed in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Guest personal information
Reservation and booking records
Employee records
Financial and payment data
Wedding and event client data
Corporate meeting and events client data

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

Fitzpatrick Hotels operates two boutique hotels in New York City, providing Irish-style hospitality to guests. Established in the late 20th century, the family-owned business primarily caters to those who value warmth, charm, and a touch of old-world elegance. Their hotels, Fitzpatrick Manhattan and Fitzpatrick Grand Central, boast a strategic location, iconic Irish pub-style restaurants, sophisticated amenities, and rooms.

Sources

Victim siteFitzpatrickhotels.com

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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