Disclosure context

About Dragonforce

Dragonforce is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in December 2023, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns and victim selection. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their rapid accumulation of 439 documented victims suggests either sophisticated capabilities or possible connections to existing ransomware infrastructure. Based on their targeting patterns across diverse sectors including manufacturing, business services, technology, and construction, Dragonforce appears to employ opportunistic attack methodologies, though specific initial access vectors, encryption methods, and extortion tactics have not been publicly detailed by major security firms or law enforcement agencies. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations primarily in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, with the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Italy representing their most frequent victim locations, suggesting possible language capabilities or geographic operational preferences. As of current reporting, Dragonforce appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim acquisition, though the lack of detailed public analysis from major threat intelligence organizations indicates either operational security measures that have limited researcher visibility or that the group has not yet conducted sufficiently high-profile attacks to warrant extensive public documentation by CISA, FBI, or established security research firms. The group has been linked to 537 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 13, 2023; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 7, 2026FAT Brands listed by Dragonforceon the group's public leak site

Data size: 944037400576
Ransom demanded: $4

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Food/Franchising sector. Geographically, FAT Brands 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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FAT Brands

Claimed by Dragonforce · listed 13 days ago

944037400576

Data size

Ransom

demanded

13d

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

Listed
May 7, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Dragonforce
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: United States
Sector: Food/Franchising
Listed on leak site: May 7, 2026
Data size: 944037400576
Ransom demanded: $4

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

FAT Brands Inc. is a Los Angeles-based multi-brand restaurant franchising company that acquires, markets, and develops fast casual and casual dining restaurant concepts. The company owns and franchises numerous well-known brands including Fatburger, Round Table Pizza, Johnny Rockets, Twin Peaks, and others. FAT Brands operates thousands of locations across the United States and internationally.

Industry: Restaurant Franchising & Food Service
Address: 11601 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90025, United States
Employees: 1001-5000
Founded: 1947

Attack summary

Severity: high — Approximately 944 GB of data is claimed as exfiltrated from a major multi-brand restaurant franchisor, likely containing employee PII, franchisee financial data, and business-sensitive records at significant scale; no confirmed regulated medical or government data identified.

Dragonforce claims to have exfiltrated approximately 944 GB of data from FAT Brands; the post lists the victim with a disclosed status of 'listed,' indicating the data or proof has been published or is pending publication on their leak site.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate financial records
Franchisee data
Employee PII
Customer data
Operational documents
Contracts and agreements

What the group claims

FAT Brands is a leading global franchising company that strategically acquires, promotes, and develops quick-service, fast-casual, and casual dining concepts around the world.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Victim sitefatbrands.com
Leak posthttp://z3wqggtxft7id3ibr7srivv5gjof5fwg76slewnzwwakjuf3nlhukdid.onion/api/guest/blog/posts?page=1

Source

Indexed 13 days ago

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