Disclosure context

About genesis

Genesis is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in October 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns across multiple high-value sectors. The group has demonstrated a relatively aggressive operational tempo since emergence, accumulating 54 documented victims within a short timeframe. Given the limited public documentation available from established threat intelligence sources regarding this newly identified group, specific details about their country of origin, organizational structure, and precise attack methodologies remain under investigation by security researchers. The group's targeting patterns indicate a preference for victims in the United States and United Kingdom, with additional activity observed in Malaysia and Spain, suggesting either a broad operational scope or the use of automated targeting tools that do not discriminate by geography. Their sector targeting reveals a focus on healthcare, manufacturing, business services, and financial services organizations, indicating they may prioritize entities with both high revenue potential and critical operational dependencies that increase pressure for ransom payment. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited reporting from major threat intelligence organizations such as Mandiant, CISA, or FBI, comprehensive details regarding their specific encryption methods, initial access vectors, data exfiltration practices, or notable high-profile campaigns have not yet been publicly documented. Genesis remains an active threat as of current reporting, though their operational longevity and potential connections to established ransomware ecosystems continue to be assessed by the cybersecurity community. The group has been linked to 82 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 21, 2025; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 11, 2026Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber listed by genesison the group's public leak site

Data size: 1 TB

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, Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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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Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber

Claimed by genesis · listed 9 days ago

1 TB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 11, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: genesis
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 11, 2026
Data size: 1 TB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce is a regional business association serving the Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo tri-city area in the US upper Midwest. It acts as a catalyst for growth and prosperity by promoting and protecting businesses, supporting workforce development, shaping public policy, and fostering community engagement. The chamber organizes programs and events for its business members across the region.

Industry: Regional Chamber of Commerce / Business Association
Address: 202 1st Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102, US
Employees: 11-50

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published (disclosed status: data_published) and the claimed exfiltration includes personal data and financial data at scale (1 TB), representing significant exposure of member and organizational records. While not a critical-infrastructure sector, the volume and variety of sensitive data types warrants a high rating.

The group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 1 TB of data from the chamber's file server, including customer data, personal data, operational data, and financial data. The data has been published, with a file listing made available via an onion-hosted download link.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Customer data
Personal data
Operational data
Financial data
Company fileserver data

The group's post references roughly 1 proof file.

What the group claims

A business services provider.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce serves as a catalyst for growth and prosperity by promoting and protecting businesses, inspiring individuals, and cultivating communities. They offer various programs and events aimed at workforce development, public policy impact, and community engagement.

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- 1 Tb of accessible data.
- Customer's data
- Personal data.
- Operational Data.
- Financial Data.
- Data from company fileserver. 

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[Download The List of Company Files](http://genesis6ixpb5mcy4kudybtw5op2wqlrkocfogbnenz3c647ibqixiad.onion/download/824f0a1581059760e9d3.txt)

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber

Sources

Victim sitefmwfchamber.com
Leak posthttp://genesis6ixpb5mcy4kudybtw5op2wqlrkocfogbnenz3c647ibqixiad.onion/824f0a1581059760e9d3/

Source

Indexed 9 days ago

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