Disclosure context

About Royal

Royal is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, quickly establishing itself as a significant threat with over 200 documented victims across multiple sectors. The group is believed to operate independently rather than as a ransomware-as-a-service model, though their exact country of origin remains unclear based on publicly available intelligence. Royal primarily gains initial access through phishing campaigns and exploitation of remote desktop protocols, subsequently deploying custom ransomware that encrypts victim files while exfiltrating sensitive data for double extortion tactics. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting critical infrastructure and public services, with notable attacks against educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and government entities primarily in the United States, though they have also significantly impacted organizations across Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and France. Their encryption methodology involves custom-built malware that systematically encrypts files while maintaining persistence on compromised networks. As of recent reporting from federal agencies including CISA and FBI advisories, Royal remains an active threat with ongoing campaigns targeting organizations across their preferred sectors, particularly focusing on entities with limited cybersecurity resources that may be more likely to pay ransom demands. The group has been linked to 211 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 4, 2022; most recent post July 19, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 22, 2023Trinity Exploration and Production listed by Royalon the group's public leak site

Data size: 54 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Energy & Utilities sector, which has 6 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Trinity Exploration and Production is reported in Trinidad and Tobago.

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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Trinity Exploration and Production

Claimed by Royal · listed 3 years ago

54 GB

Data size

36m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 22, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Royal
Status: Data leaked
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Sector: Energy & Utilities
Listed on leak site: May 22, 2023
Data size: 54 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Trinity Exploration & Production plc is an independent oil company headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago that engages in the exploration, development, production, and sale of crude oil. The company operates exclusively within Trinidad and Tobago, focusing on onshore and offshore assets. It is publicly listed and is one of the country's independent upstream hydrocarbon operators.

Industry: Oil Exploration & Production
Address: 5C Albion Court, Albion Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Employees: 51-200
Founded: 2010

Attack summary

Severity: high — 54 GB of data has been confirmed exfiltrated and published from a publicly listed oil exploration and production company, representing significant business, operational, and potentially regulated data exposure in a critical energy sector; no medical or large-scale consumer PII evidence prevents a critical rating.

The Royal ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated 54 GB of data from Trinity Exploration & Production plc and has published the data, indicating both exfiltration and likely encryption occurred. No ransom amount was stated and the disclosed status is data_published.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate financial records
Operational/production data
Employee personal information
Contracts and agreements
Engineering and geological data
Internal communications

What the group claims

Trinity Exploration & Production plc, an independent oil company, engages in the exploration, development, production, and sale of crude oil in Trinidad & Tobago. Total downloaded data - 54gb

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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