Disclosure context

About SilentRansomGroup

Based on the limited available information, SilentRansomGroup is a relatively new ransomware operation that first emerged in May 2025, appearing to be financially motivated given their targeting patterns across multiple high-value sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their diverse geographic targeting including the United States, Germany, Canada, and Russia suggests either a sophisticated operation or potential ransomware-as-a-service model. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security researchers, though their targeting of business services, financial services, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors indicates they likely focus on organizations with both valuable data and ability to pay significant ransoms. With 93 known victims across multiple countries and sectors in a relatively short timeframe since May 2025, SilentRansomGroup has demonstrated notable activity levels, though specific high-profile campaigns or ransom amounts have not been publicly disclosed by CISA, FBI, or major threat intelligence firms. The group appears to remain active as of current reporting periods, though comprehensive technical analysis and attribution efforts by established security researchers are still developing given their recent emergence in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 117 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 6, 2025; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 6, 2026Farella Braun + Martel LLP Information listed by SilentRansomGroupon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Farella Braun + Martel LLP Information is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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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Farella Braun + Martel LLP Information

Claimed by SilentRansomGroup · listed 14 days ago

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Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 6, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: SilentRansomGroup
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 6, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Farella Braun + Martel LLP is a prominent Northern California law firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm represents corporate and private clients across a range of practice areas including litigation, transactions, and regulatory matters. It is considered one of the leading full-service law firms in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Industry: Legal Services
Address: 235 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA
Employees: 51-200
Founded: 1962

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Farella Braun + Martel is a law firm whose data is inherently sensitive, likely encompassing attorney-client privileged communications, PII of corporate and private clients, financial records, and confidential legal strategies. The disclosed status is 'data_published', confirming exfiltration and public release of regulated and highly sensitive data at scale.

SilentRansomGroup claims to have exfiltrated data from Farella Braun + Martel LLP and has published the data, though the specific volume and categories of data stolen are not detailed in the truncated post.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal files
Corporate documents
Private client records
Internal communications

What the group claims

Farella Braun + Martel LLP is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and privat…

Source

Indexed 14 days ago

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