Disclosure context

About Projectrelic

Projectrelic is a ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns and victim extortion activities. The group has been documented attacking 46 organizations primarily across the United States, United Kingdom, India, Germany, and France, with a focus on technology, manufacturing, construction, and education sectors, though many victims' sector classifications remain undocumented. Limited public intelligence exists regarding Projectrelic's country of origin, organizational structure, or potential affiliations with other cybercriminal groups, and it remains unclear whether they operate as an independent entity or utilize a ransomware-as-a-service model. Similarly, detailed information about their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or use of double extortion tactics has not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies. The group has not been associated with any particularly high-profile attacks or record ransom demands that have garnered significant public attention from security researchers or government agencies. Based on available reporting, Projectrelic appears to maintain some level of operational activity, though comprehensive assessments of their current operational status are limited due to the relatively sparse public documentation surrounding this particular threat actor. The group has been linked to 46 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 11, 2022; most recent post November 9, 2025. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 29, 2025J. E. Stacey & Co. Ltd (jestacey.com) listed by Projectrelicon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Construction sector, which has 415 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, J. E. Stacey & Co. Ltd (jestacey.com) is reported in United Kingdom, a country with 902 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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J. E. Stacey & Co. Ltd (jestacey.com)

Claimed by Projectrelic · listed 8 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Sep 29, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Projectrelic
Status: Data leaked
Country: United Kingdom
Sector: Construction
Listed on leak site: Sep 29, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

J. E. Stacey & Co. Ltd is a privately owned, multi award-winning independent building and civil engineering contractor based in Holsworthy, Devon, operating throughout Devon and Cornwall. Established in 1932, the company employs approximately 40 permanent staff and delivers a full range of building services for residential, commercial, and industrial clients, including construction, restoration & heritage work, bespoke joinery, and plumbing & heating. The firm is known for quality workmanship and an ability to deliver turnkey design-and-build projects across the South West of England.

Industry: Building & Civil Engineering Contracting
Address: Inceworth Building Works, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 6BD, United Kingdom
Employees: 40
Founded: 1932

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published) indicating confirmed exfiltration, but no specific sensitive regulated data (e.g. medical, financial at scale) is evidenced, and no data volume or detailed inventory is provided. The company is a small (~40 employee) regional contractor, limiting the likely scale of exposure.

The Projectrelic ransomware group has disclosed data from J. E. Stacey & Co. Ltd, with the post status indicating data has been published. No specific ransom amount, data volume, or details of encryption versus exfiltration were stated in the leak post.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Potentially employee records
Potentially client/project information

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

J. E. Stacey & Co. Ltd is a UK-based civil engineering firm specializing in the construction industry. Established in 1974, the company provides services such as road works, bridge construction, earthmoving, landfill works, environmental improvements, and more. They have a qualified and experienced workforce known for delivering quality work while maintaining high safety and environmental standards.

Sources

Victim sitejestacey.com

Source

Indexed 8 months ago

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