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Studio Oculistico Ciraci

Claimed by Spacebears · listed 23 hours ago

Today
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedSep 3, 2026
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Spacebears
Status
Data leaked
Country
Italy
Sector
Healthcare
Listed on leak site
Sep 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Studio Oculistico Ciraci is an ophthalmology clinic based in Bari, Italy, established in 1989 as a center accredited with the Italian National Health Service (SSN). The clinic specializes in glaucoma, vitreoretinal diseases, refractive error correction, strabismus, and keratoconus treatment, led by specialists Dr. Giuseppe Ciraci and Dr.ssa Lorenza Ciraci.

Industry
Healthcare — Ophthalmology
Address
Bari, Italy
Founded
1989

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed data exfiltration from a healthcare provider handling patient personal and medical information (PII and health data). Italian healthcare provider subject to GDPR and national data protection regulations. Published disclosure indicates proof available.

The spacebears group claims to have breached Studio Oculistico Ciraci and published data from the clinic. The post does not specify whether data was encrypted, exfiltrated, or both, nor does it detail what categories of patient or operational data were compromised.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Patient medical records
  • Ophthalmology clinic records

What the group claims

Studio Oculistico Ciraci - ophthalmology clinic based in Bari, Italy, that opened in 1989 as a center accredited with the Italian National Health Service (SSN). With more than two decades of experience, it focuses on the prevention and treatment of major eye conditions using modern diagnostic technologies. Its main areas of expertise include glaucoma, vitreoretinal diseases (especially maculopathies), correction of refractive errors (Excimer laser PRK and cataract surgery), strabismus, keratoconus, and the renewal of special driving licenses. The clinic is run by specialists Dr. Giuseppe Ciraci and Dr.ssa Lorenza Ciraci and emphasizes high-quality, safe care supported by a professional team. https://www.oculisticaciraci.it/

The leak post

captured from the group's site
Studio Oculistico Ciraci - ophthalmology clinic based in Bari, Italy, that opened in 1989 as a center accredited with the Italian National Health Service (SSN). With more than two decades of experience, it focuses on the prevention and treatment of major eye conditions using modern diagnostic technologies. Its main areas of expertise include glaucoma, vitreoretinal diseases (especially maculopathies), correction of refractive errors (Excimer laser PRK and cataract surgery), strabismus, keratoconus, and the renewal of special driving licenses. The clinic is run by specialists Dr. Giuseppe Ciraci and Dr.ssa Lorenza Ciraci and emphasizes high-quality, safe care supported by a professional team.

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Studio Oculistico Ciraci

Sources

Source

Indexed 23 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About Spacebears

Spacebears is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in April 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors and geographic regions. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their targeting pattern suggests a professional operation focused on maximizing financial returns rather than geopolitical objectives. With 117 known victims since their emergence, Spacebears has shown particular focus on organizations in the United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Canada, with their attacks primarily affecting technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and business services sectors, indicating they likely employ opportunistic targeting rather than sector-specific specialization. Their attack methodology, initial access vectors, and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in public reporting from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies, limiting detailed analysis of their operational procedures and tools. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited public intelligence reporting, notable high-profile campaigns and specific victim details remain largely undocumented in established threat intelligence channels. The group's current operational status appears active given their recent emergence timeline, though comprehensive analysis is constrained by the lack of detailed public reporting from authoritative cybersecurity sources. The group has been linked to 217 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 29, 2024; most recent post September 4, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: space bears.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • September 3, 2026Studio Oculistico Ciraci listed by Spacebearson the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Spacebears

Spacebears has been linked to 217 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 Healthcare sector, which has 2,608 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Studio Oculistico Ciraci is reported in Italy, a country with 203 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Spacebears means Studio Oculistico Ciraci 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.
  • Report the incident to your national CERT, CSIRT Italia (Italy), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on Spacebears'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.