Disclosure context

About pear

The Pear ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in August 2025, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on their recent emergence and limited public documentation, specific details about their country of origin and organizational structure remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a financially-driven operation that may operate independently or as part of a smaller ransomware-as-a-service model. With 65 documented victims since their August 2025 debut, the group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, and Switzerland, with particular focus on healthcare, business services, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Their attack methodology and specific technical details have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies, though their rapid victim acquisition suggests they have established effective initial access and encryption capabilities. Notable campaigns and high-profile attacks have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, or major security research organizations, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small scale compared to established ransomware operations. As of late 2025, Pear appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim targeting across multiple geographic regions and industry verticals. The group has been linked to 87 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 5, 2025; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 26, 2026Carlo J. Martina, P.C. listed by pearon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Carlo J. Martina, P.C. 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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Carlo J. Martina, P.C.

Claimed by pear · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 26, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: pear
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Feb 26, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Carlo J. Martina, P.C. is a small family law firm based in Plymouth, Michigan, with over 40 years of experience. The firm focuses exclusively on family law matters including divorce, child custody, child support, paternity, and related proceedings serving the Metro Detroit area. The practice operates out of a single office and offers free initial consultations.

Industry: Family Law & Divorce Legal Services
Address: 409 Plymouth Road, Suite 205, Plymouth, MI 48170
Employees: 1-10

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The firm handles exclusively family law matters, meaning exfiltrated data almost certainly contains highly sensitive PII, financial disclosures, child custody details, and privileged attorney-client communications for divorce and family proceedings — constituting regulated and sensitive data at significant personal risk to clients.

The ransomware group 'pear' claims to have exfiltrated data from Carlo J. Martina, P.C. and has published the data. Given the nature of the firm, the exposed data likely includes highly sensitive client legal records related to divorce and family law proceedings.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal case files
Divorce and custody records
Personal identifying information (PII) of clients
Financial records related to family law cases
Spousal support and child support documentation
Attorney-client communications

What the group claims

Plymouth MI Divorce & Family Law Attorneys

Sources

Victim sitemartinalaw.com
Leak posthttp://pearsmob5sn44ismokiusuld34pnfwi6ctgin3qbvonpoob4lh3rmtqd.onion/Companies/martinalaw

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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