Disclosure context

About Marketo

Marketo is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in December 2021 with primarily financial motivations, having compromised 32 known victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, with no confirmed information available regarding their country of origin, connections to other cybercriminal organizations, or operational structure. Their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and specific tactics have not been extensively documented by major security firms or law enforcement agencies, though their targeting patterns indicate a focus on high-value sectors including automotive, healthcare, and government organizations. The group has demonstrated a geographic preference for victims in the United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom, suggesting either regional operational capabilities or specific interest in these markets. Due to limited public documentation from authoritative sources such as CISA, FBI, or established security researchers, detailed information about notable campaigns, ransom demands, or specific attack vectors remains unavailable in the public domain. The current operational status of Marketo is unclear based on available public intelligence reporting. The group has been linked to 32 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 7, 2021; most recent post February 14, 2022. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 7, 2021cbsltrans.com listed by Marketoon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation & Logistics sector. Geographically, cbsltrans.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

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CBSL Transportation Services

listed as cbsltrans.com · Claimed by Marketo · listed 4 years ago

54m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 7, 2021
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Marketo
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Transportation & Logistics
Listed on leak site: Dec 7, 2021

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

CBSL Transportation Services is a U.S.-based bulk transportation company that has been operating for over 25 years. The company specializes in bulk liquid transportation — including chemicals, gasoline, and food-grade liquids — and offers intermodal transportation, logistics, cleaning depot and repair, and sales and leasing services. CBSL operates multiple facilities across the United States and uses state-of-the-art tracking and communication systems to serve its customers.

Industry: Bulk Liquid Transportation & Logistics

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the Marketo group, indicating confirmed exfiltration. Marketo is known for data theft and publication rather than encryption, and the victim handles transportation of hazardous and regulated materials (chemicals, gasoline), suggesting potentially sensitive operational, customer, and compliance-related data is at stake.

The Marketo group has listed CBSL Transportation Services as a victim with a disclosed status of 'data_published', indicating data was exfiltrated and subsequently published. No specific details about the volume or nature of the data, or whether encryption occurred, were captured in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business documents
Customer data
Logistics and transportation records
Employee information

Sources

Victim sitecbsltrans.com

Source

Indexed 4 years ago

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