Disclosure context

About Cl0p

The Cl0p (also known as Clop) ransomware group is a financially motivated cybercriminal organization that emerged in March 2020, operating as part of the broader TA505/FIN11 threat landscape and conducting high-impact ransomware campaigns targeting organizations globally. The group is believed to operate from Russian-speaking territories and has been linked to the prolific TA505 cybercriminal consortium, functioning as a Ransomware-as-a-Service operation that collaborates with various affiliate groups to maximize their operational reach. Cl0p primarily gains initial access through exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in file transfer applications, phishing campaigns, and SQL injection attacks, employing double extortion tactics by exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their custom ransomware payload, which uses strong encryption algorithms to render victim systems inoperable. The group has been responsible for several high-profile campaigns, most notably their exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in MOVEit Transfer software in 2023, which affected hundreds of organizations worldwide including major corporations and government entities, and their previous campaigns targeting Accellion FTA and other file transfer solutions that resulted in the compromise of sensitive data from numerous high-value targets. Cl0p remains active as of 2024, continuing to evolve their tactics and maintain their position as one of the most prolific ransomware groups globally, with over 1,490 documented victims primarily concentrated in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia across technology, manufacturing, transportation, and consumer services sectors. The group has been linked to 1,490 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 13, 2020; most recent post February 14, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Clop, TA505, FIN11.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 14, 2026SMITHIPSERVICES.COM listed by Cl0pon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track.

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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Smith IP Services

listed as SMITHIPSERVICES.COM · Claimed by Cl0p · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 14, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Cl0p
Status: Data leaked
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Feb 14, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Smith IP Services (smithipservices.com) appears to be a firm specializing in intellectual property services, likely including patent, trademark, or related legal and consulting work. No public site content was available to confirm operational details, scale, or geographic location. The company name and domain suggest a professional services focus in the IP sector.

Industry: Intellectual Property & Legal Services

Attack summary

Severity: high — Cl0p is a known data-exfiltration-focused ransomware group and the status is 'data_published', indicating data was actually released. An IP services firm likely holds sensitive client legal documents, patent filings, confidential business strategies, and PII, making any confirmed publication high severity even without explicit inventory details.

Cl0p claimed an attack against Smith IP Services and lists the disclosure status as data_published, indicating exfiltration and publication of data; however, no specific details about the nature of the data or attack methods are provided in the available post.

high

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

N/A

Sources

Victim siteSMITHIPSERVICES.COM

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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