Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsM3 Group
Claimed by Dragonforce · listed 2 months ago
Status timeline
- Listed
Mar 24, 2026
- Data leaked
At a glance
- Group
- Dragonforce
- Status
- Data leaked
- Country
- LU
- Sector
- Not Found
- Listed on leak site
- Mar 24, 2026
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profileM3 Group is a full-service marketing and public relations agency headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan, with an additional office in Auburn Hills (Detroit area). Founded in 2002 by Tiffany Dowling, the agency offers advertising, branding, marketing automation, PR, video, web, and related services to clients. The firm employs 35+ staff and has been a subsidiary of Reseda Group (a wholly owned entity of Michigan State University Federal Credit Union) since 2022.
- Industry
- Marketing & Public Relations Agency
- Address
- 3899 Coolidge Road, 3rd Floor, East Lansing, MI 48823, United States
- Employees
- 35
- Founded
- 2002
Attack summary
Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published by the threat actor. M3 Group handles client business data and is a subsidiary of a credit-union-affiliated entity, meaning exfiltrated data likely includes sensitive business, financial, and HR records. The credit union connection raises the potential for regulated financial data exposure.Dragonforce claims to have exfiltrated data from M3 Group and has published the data (disclosed status: data_published); no ransom amount or specific data volume was stated in the post.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- Corporate correspondence
- Financial documents
- HR documents
- Client data
- Business strategy/marketing materials
- Potentially subsidiary/partner data
What the group claims
Founded in Lansing more than 11 years ago by Dowling, M3 Group prides itself on being the only local agency that offers the most comprehensive array of integrated branding, marketing and advertising services in the mid-Michigan region. M3 Group has grown into one of the largest and most respected agencies in the area. For more than a decade, M3 Group has built and refined strong brands through integrated marketing strategies that keep the client's goals and its bottom line in mind. M3 Group's award-winning staff works across traditional and nontraditional platforms, offering an array of market research and consulting, media planning and buying, website development, social and digital media marketing, public relations and promotions, video and audio production, corporate brand development, and graphic design. Take your brand to the next level by visiting M3Group.biz
The leak post
captured from the group's site```
{"data":{"count":483,"publications":[{"uuid":"b008b8b7-0e47-416f-adcd-2313d8136de4","created_at":"2026-05-08T20:56:13.122134Z","name":"CF Evans Construction","website":"www.cfevans.com","address":"125 Regional Pkwy Ste 200, Orangeburg, South Carolina, 29118, United States","description":"A recognized leader in the multi-family housing construction industry, CF Evans Construction provides a product for developers. The company has thrived amid six decades.\nThe data of this company includes:\n Corporate correspondence of senior executives\n Financial documents\n HR documents\n Accounting documents\n Certificates, contracts, passwords, databases, and much more.","weight":4775795351552,"is_timer_publication_stopped":false,"timer_publication":"2026-05-22T07:48:00Z","try_again":false,"tags":[],"logo_uuid":"f4e582dd-6562-4590-bac8-2b9e5c564853","is_transfering":false},{"uuid":"3827192f-9bb3-490c-9c1c-d28b382510cd","created_at":"2026-05-08T17:53:24.736605Z","name":"CMC Expertise Comptable","website":"cmcexpertise.fr","address":"32 Rue De La Clairière, Fort-de-France,","description":"CMC Expertise Comptable is a certified accounting firm located in Martinique, dedicated t…Sources
Source
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