Was Hawk Law Group hit by ransomware?

Hawk Law Group was listed by the INC Ransom ransomware operation (Georgia), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the INC Ransom ransomware group?

INC Ransom is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Hawk Law Group breach?

INC Ransom published data attributed to Hawk Law Group. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Hawk Law Group

Claimed by INC Ransom · listed 4 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedFeb 1, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: INC Ransom
Status: Data leaked
Country: Georgia
Listed on leak site: Feb 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Hawk Law Group is a trial law firm based in the Augusta, Georgia area serving the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA). The firm's attorneys collectively hold more than 71 years of legal experience and handle both civil and criminal litigation matters. The lawyers are described as locally raised and widely recognized in the region for courtroom and out-of-court successes.

Industry: Legal Services – Personal Injury & Criminal Defense Law Firm
Address: Augusta, Georgia, USA (Central Savannah River Area)

Attack summary

Severity: critical — A law firm handles privileged attorney-client communications, sensitive civil and criminal case files, and personal client PII. Data has been confirmed published (not merely threatened), meaning regulated and highly sensitive client data is actively exposed, warranting a critical rating.

INC Ransom claims to have compromised Hawk Law Group and has published data (disclosed_status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of firm and client records. The specific volume of data has not been stated in the post.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal case files
Attorney and staff personal information
Civil litigation records
Criminal litigation records
Client communications and correspondence
Financial/billing records

What the group claims

At Hawk Law Group, our trial attorneys were born and/or raised in the Augusta area. Collectively, our lawyers have more than 71 years of experience and are widely recognized throughout the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) due to their tremendous successes in and out of the courtroom. Our lawyers understand the complexities of civil and criminal litigation and realize the importance of our justice system for their clients and families.

Source

Indexed 4 months ago

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Disclosure context

About INC Ransom

INC Ransom is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in September 2021 and has since compromised 832 known victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reports, though their operational patterns suggest they likely operate as an independent entity rather than a formal Ransomware-as-a-Service model. While detailed attack methodologies for INC Ransom have not been extensively documented by major security firms, their victim distribution indicates they employ broad-spectrum targeting approaches that have successfully penetrated healthcare, technology, business services, and manufacturing organizations. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting English-speaking countries, with the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom representing their primary victim demographics, alongside significant activity in Germany and Australia. Notable campaigns or high-profile attacks by INC Ransom have not been prominently featured in major threat intelligence publications from CISA, FBI, or leading security researchers, suggesting they may operate with a lower public profile despite their substantial victim count. INC Ransom remains active as of current intelligence assessments, with no documented law enforcement disruptions or confirmed rebranding efforts. The group has been linked to 853 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2021; most recent post June 6, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: INC.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 1, 2026Hawk Law Group listed by INC Ransomon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by INC Ransom

INC Ransom has been linked to 853 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, Hawk Law Group is reported in Georgia.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by INC Ransom means Hawk Law Group 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on INC Ransom'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.