Was bemac-merivale hit by ransomware?

bemac-merivale was listed by the Lynx ransomware operation (Canada), 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 Lynx ransomware group?

Lynx 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 bemac-merivale breach?

Lynx published data attributed to bemac-merivale. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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CSN Bemac Collision Centres

listed as bemac-merivale · Claimed by Lynx · listed 10 months ago

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Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedSep 4, 2025
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Lynx
Status: Data leaked
Country: Canada
Listed on leak site: Sep 4, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

CSN Bemac Collision Centres is a multi-location automotive collision repair business based in Ottawa, Ontario, operating since 1960. They provide collision repair, auto body work, mechanical services, paintless dent repair, windshield replacement, detailing, and safety inspections for individual and commercial clients. The company holds certifications from leading auto manufacturers and is pre-approved by all Canadian insurance companies, serving the Eastern Ontario market.

Industry: Automotive Collision Repair & Body Shop Services
Address: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Founded: 1960

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the threat actor, confirming exfiltration. The company handles insurance claim data, personal information of individual and commercial clients, and financial records at scale across multiple locations, representing significant business and potentially regulated personal data exposure.

The Lynx ransomware group claims to have attacked CSN Bemac Collision Centres and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of company data. No specific ransom amount or data volume was stated in the post.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Customer personal information
Insurance claim records
Commercial client records
Financial/billing records
Employee records

What the group claims

CSN Bemac Collision Centres has been a trusted provider of collision repair, auto body work, mechanical services, and detailing in Ottawa since 1960. With multiple locations, they offer a comprehensive range of services including paintless dent repair, windshield replacement, and safety inspections, catering to both individual and commercial clients. The company is certified by leading auto manufacturers and is pre-approved by all Canadian insurance companies, ensuring hassle-free service and fast-tracked approvals for repairs. Their commitment to quality and customer satisfaction has established them as a leader in the automotive repair industry in Eastern Ontario.

Sources

Leak posthttp://lynxblogmx3rbiwg3rpj4nds25hjsnrwkpxt5gaznetfikz4gz2csyad.onion/leaks/68b99a34cc2d2d4e68f6dffc

Source

Indexed 10 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Lynx

Lynx is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in July 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating rapid scaling capabilities with 397 documented victims within their first few months of operation. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their targeting patterns suggest a sophisticated operation that may operate independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on their victim distribution, Lynx appears to employ broad-spectrum targeting methodologies focusing heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and Australia representing their primary geographic targets, while concentrating their attacks on manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation/logistics sectors, though specific technical details regarding their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not yet been extensively documented by major security research organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents that have gained significant public attention from law enforcement agencies or established threat intelligence firms. As of late 2024, Lynx appears to remain active with no reported law enforcement disruptions or operational changes. The group has been linked to 414 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2024; most recent post June 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 4, 2025bemac-merivale listed by Lynxon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Lynx

Lynx has been linked to 414 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, bemac-merivale is reported in Canada, a country with 1,055 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Lynx means bemac-merivale 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, CCCS (Canada), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Lynx'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.