Disclosure context

About pear

The Pear ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in August 2025, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on their recent emergence and limited public documentation, specific details about their country of origin and organizational structure remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a financially-driven operation that may operate independently or as part of a smaller ransomware-as-a-service model. With 65 documented victims since their August 2025 debut, the group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, and Switzerland, with particular focus on healthcare, business services, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Their attack methodology and specific technical details have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies, though their rapid victim acquisition suggests they have established effective initial access and encryption capabilities. Notable campaigns and high-profile attacks have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, or major security research organizations, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small scale compared to established ransomware operations. As of late 2025, Pear appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim targeting across multiple geographic regions and industry verticals. The group has been linked to 87 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 5, 2025; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 30, 2026Richard J. Hackerman P.A. listed by pearon 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. Geographically, Richard J. Hackerman P.A. 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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Richard J. Hackerman P.A.

Claimed by pear · listed 2 months ago

51d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 30, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: pear
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Mar 30, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Richard J. Hackerman P.A. is a small law firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by attorney Richard Hackerman. The firm specializes in bankruptcy law (Chapter 7, Chapter 13), tax relief, debt settlement, workers' compensation, and related legal services. The practice has served individual and business clients in the Baltimore area for over 30 years.

Industry: Legal Services – Bankruptcy & Tax Law
Address: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Employees: 1-10

Attack summary

Severity: high — A law firm handling bankruptcy and tax cases holds highly sensitive client PII including financial records, debt details, and tax information. Published data from such a firm constitutes confirmed exfiltration of regulated/sensitive personal and financial data, even if the exact volume is unstated.

The ransomware group 'pear' claims to have attacked Richard J. Hackerman P.A. and the disclosure status indicates data has been published. No ransom amount or data size was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client personal and financial records
Bankruptcy case files
Tax relief and settlement documents
Workers' compensation case files
Legal correspondence
Contact and appointment records

What the group claims

Tax Attorney and Bankruptcy Lawyer in Baltimore

Sources

Victim siterichardhackerman.com
Leak posthttp://pearsmob5sn44ismokiusuld34pnfwi6ctgin3qbvonpoob4lh3rmtqd.onion/Companies/richardhackerman

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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