Disclosure context

About brotherhood

The Brotherhood ransomware group is a recently emerged financially-motivated cybercriminal organization first observed in October 2025, representing one of the newer entrants in the ransomware landscape. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation from major security firms and law enforcement agencies, detailed information about their origin, country of operation, and specific affiliations remains largely unknown to open-source intelligence. Based on observed targeting patterns, the group appears to employ opportunistic attack methodologies, focusing primarily on English-speaking markets including the United States, Australia, and Canada, while also targeting victims in Germany and Switzerland, suggesting either broad-spectrum initial access capabilities or acquisition of access through underground markets. Their victim selection spans multiple sectors including business services, construction, transportation and logistics, and technology companies, indicating a non-discriminatory approach typical of many financially-motivated ransomware operations rather than targeted campaigns against specific industries. With only 18 documented victims since their October 2025 emergence, Brotherhood represents a relatively small-scale operation compared to established ransomware groups, and specific details regarding their encryption methods, data exfiltration practices, or extortion tactics have not been publicly documented by major threat intelligence providers. The group remains active as of the latest available intelligence, though their limited operational footprint and recent emergence means comprehensive analysis of their tactics, techniques, and procedures awaits further documentation by security researchers and law enforcement agencies. The group has been linked to 18 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 10, 2025; most recent post January 6, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

November 15, 2025Horst Realty listed by brotherhoodon the group's public leak site

Data size: 27 GB

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, Horst Realty 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.

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Horst Realty

Claimed by brotherhood · listed 6 months ago

27 GB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Nov 15, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: brotherhood
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Nov 15, 2025
Data size: 27 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Horst Realty is a property management company based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, operating across hospitality, commercial, residential, and storage sectors. Their portfolio includes properties such as Briarcrest Square, Earland Industrial Park, KeepSafe Storage, and several residential communities. They are reachable at 205 Granite Run Drive, Suite 280, Lancaster, PA 17601.

Industry: Commercial & Residential Real Estate Management
Address: 205 Granite Run Drive, Suite 280, Lancaster, PA 17601

Attack summary

Severity: high — 27 GB of data including emails and files has been confirmed exfiltrated and published, representing significant business data exposure that likely includes tenant PII, financial records, and internal communications across a multi-sector real estate operation.

The Brotherhood ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated 27 GB of compressed files and emails from Horst Realty, with the data reported as published.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Compressed files (27 GB)
Email communications

What the group claims

Contains: 27 Gb compressed Files, Emails

Sources

Victim sitewww.horstrealty.com

Source

Indexed 6 months ago

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