Ransomware victim disclosure

Le Pain Quotidien US

Claimed by dragonforce · listed 8 hours ago

Today

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 22, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: dragonforce
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Hospitality and Tourism
Listed on leak site: May 22, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Le Pain Quotidien US is a chain of bakery restaurants established in 1990 and headquartered in New York. They specialize in baked goods, bread, salads, sandwiches, beverages, tartines, and seasonal dishes, emphasizing natural and honest ingredients prepared fresh daily.

Industry: Bakery & Casual Dining Restaurants
Address: New York, New York, US
Founded: 1990

Attack summary

Severity: low — No proof files, screenshots, or specific data exfiltration claimed in the available leak post. Only an announcement listing without operational impact or evidence of data compromise.

The dragonforce group claims to have attacked Le Pain Quotidien US. The leak post does not specify the attack method (encryption, exfiltration, or both) or detail what data is at stake.

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What the group claims

Established in 1990 and headquartered in New York, New York, Le Pain Quotidien US is a chain of bakery restaurants specializing in baked goods, bread, salads, sandwiches, beverages, tartines, and more.

Sources

Source

Indexed 8 hours ago

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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 538 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 13, 2023; most recent post May 22, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 22, 2026Le Pain Quotidien US listed by dragonforceon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Hospitality and Tourism sector, which has 159 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Le Pain Quotidien US 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.