Disclosure context

About shinyhunters

Based on the limited publicly available information, shinyhunters appears to be a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in October 2025, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, and there is insufficient public documentation to determine whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms, though their targeting pattern suggests a broad opportunistic approach rather than sector-specific specialization. The group has reportedly victimized approximately 77 organizations, with primary targeting focused on the United States, France, Japan, Germany, and Australia, showing particular interest in consumer services, technology, financial services, transportation and logistics, and education sectors. Given the group's very recent emergence in late 2025, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents documented by established security research organizations, and no known law enforcement actions have been publicly reported against this group. The current operational status of shinyhunters remains active based on available reporting, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from major security firms like Mandiant, CrowdStrike, or government agencies have not yet been published due to the group's recent appearance in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 108 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 3, 2025; most recent post May 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 5, 2026Adelante Soluciones Financieras (Addi.com) listed by shinyhunterson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Financial Services sector, which has 516 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Adelante Soluciones Financieras (Addi.com) is reported in CO, a country with 9 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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Adelante Soluciones Financieras (Addi.com)

Claimed by shinyhunters · listed 16 days ago

15d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 5, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: shinyhunters
Status: Data leaked
Country: CO
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: May 5, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Addi (Adelante Soluciones Financieras) is a Colombian-founded buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) fintech operating primarily in Colombia and Brazil, allowing consumers to make installment purchases without a traditional credit card. The company underwrites credit at the point of sale for retail partners and conducts KYC and credit-bureau checks (including TransUnion and Experian) on applicants. It serves millions of consumers and has raised significant venture capital since its founding.

Industry: Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) / Consumer Financial Services
Employees: 201-500
Founded: 2018

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration and publication of over 16 million consumer records containing regulated financial data (credit card/transaction history), KYC identity documents, and third-party credit-bureau records from TransUnion and Experian — constituting large-scale PII and financial data breach of a regulated fintech entity.

ShinyHunters claims to have exfiltrated over 518 GB (compressed) of data containing more than 16 million unique individual records, including PII, credit-card and transaction data, KYC documentation, and background-check data sourced from TransUnion and Experian. The group states the data has been published after negotiations with the company failed.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Full PII records (16M+ individuals)
Credit card and transaction data
KYC (Know Your Customer) documentation
TransUnion background-check data
Experian background-check data

What the group claims

Over 16M unique persons records containing significant PII, financial/transactions (credit cards), KYC and data from TransUnion and Experian (background checks) . The company failed to reach an agreement with us despite our incredible patience, all the chances and offers we made. They don't care. | Size: 518GB+ (compressed) | Updated: 5 May 2026 | SHA256: 520d50dc384fc474e419fdd19cb3517ed6ce778a187ae7d6f44b93ccef5687db

Sources

Victim siteAddi.com

Source

Indexed 16 days ago

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