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By Design LLC

Claimed by Meow · listed 2 years ago

550 GB
Data size
20m
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedOct 23, 2024
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Meow
Status
Data leaked
Country
United States
Listed on leak site
Oct 23, 2024
Data size
550 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

By Design LLC is a fashion company established in 1994 that designs and sells contemporary clothing through multiple branded lines including Love By Design, Madison Michelle, Rich and Famous, Carolyn Taylor, and Watermelon Sugar. The company focuses on women's apparel (jackets, tops, knits, skirts, pants, dresses) with an emphasis on sustainability and responsible sourcing practices.

Industry
Fashion & Apparel Retail
Founded
1994

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration and publication of 550 GB including regulated PII at scale (employee records, customer data, identity documents with DOB and driver's license scans), payment information, and sensitive financial records.

The Meow group claims to have exfiltrated 550 GB of confidential data from By Design LLC, including employee records, customer information, financial documents, and personal identification data. The group has published the data and is offering it for sale.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • employee data
  • client/customer information
  • payment documents
  • personal identification (dates of birth, driver's license scans)
  • business proposals
  • audit results
  • internal financial documents
  • agreements and certificates

What the group claims

<p>Dear customers!</p><p>We are thrilled to present you with exclusive access to over 550 GB of confidential data from By Design LLC, a premier fashion company established in 1994. By Design is dedicated to empowering women with stylish, comfortable, and affordable clothing through its unique brands, each catering to different styles and occasions. Their contemporary collections feature jackets, tops, knits, skirts, pants, and dresses, designed to create an effortless and glamorous look.</p><p>By Design s brands include:</p><p>Love By Design: A contemporary junior line featuring a mix of fresh trends and classic looks with vibrant colors and prints, suitable for any occasion.<br>Madison Michelle: Elegant and stylish options for special occasions.<br>Rich and Famous: A lifestyle brand focused on sustainable fashion.<br>Carolyn Taylor: High quality sweaters with classic elements like cable knit patterns and ribbed trims.<br>Watermelon Sugar: Casual and fun clothing that embodies a laid back vibe.</p><p>The company prioritizes responsible sourcing and sustainability, conducting annual reviews of manufacturing partners to ensure they adhere to environmental and ethical standards. By Design s executive team brings extensive experience in the apparel and retail industries, driving the company s success through strategic guidance and leadership.</p><p>This comprehensive data pack includes:</p><p>Employee data<br>Client information<br>Scanned payment documents<br>Personal data including dates of birth and scans of driver s licenses<br>Business proposals and audit results<br>Internal financial documents<br>Agreements and certificates<br>And much more<br>These records provide valuable insights into By Design s operations and may be of significant interest to fashion industry professionals, business analysts, and other stakeholders.</p><p>To gain access to this exclusive 550 GB data pack, simply click the &nbsp;Buy &nbsp;button and provide your contact details for registration

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About Meow

Meow is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in November 2023, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group has compromised at least 145 known victims in a short operational timeframe, demonstrating rapid scaling of their criminal enterprise. Based on their targeting patterns, Meow appears to focus heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada representing their primary victim base, though they have also expanded operations to include targets in Italy and Colombia. The group shows a preference for attacking business services organizations, manufacturing companies, healthcare institutions, and agriculture and food production entities, suggesting they may employ broad-spectrum targeting rather than highly specialized sector focus. Their emergence in late 2023 and the significant victim count achieved in a relatively short period indicates either a sophisticated operation with experienced operators or potential links to existing ransomware ecosystems, though specific details about their attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or data exfiltration practices have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence sources. Given the recent timeline of their emergence and limited public reporting from established security researchers, detailed technical analysis of their tools, tactics, and procedures remains sparse. The group appears to remain active as of current reporting, though comprehensive law enforcement actions or major disruption efforts have not been publicly documented. The group has been linked to 145 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 24, 2023; most recent post November 19, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • October 23, 2024By Design LLC listed by Meowon the group's public leak site
Data size
550 GB

Other recent disclosures by Meow

Meow has been linked to 145 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, By Design LLC is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Meow means By Design LLC 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.
  • Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on Meow'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.