Was The Commission hit by ransomware?

The Commission was listed by the safepay ransomware operation (United States) as a victim being extorted; data had not been published at the time of listing. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the safepay ransomware group?

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The Commission

Claimed by Safepay · listed 2 months ago

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Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedMay 19, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Safepay
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: United States
Sector: Government/Public Administration
Listed on leak site: May 19, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Commission is described as the executive administrative body for a county in the United States, responsible for overseeing public infrastructure and fiscal management. Based on the sector classification and description, it appears to be a county commission or board of commissioners serving a local government function. No further specific details about location or scale are available from the leak post or public sources.

Industry: Government/Public Administration

Attack summary

Severity: medium — The target is a government/public administration entity, which typically handles sensitive civic and financial data; however, no confirmed exfiltration, data volume, or proof files are stated, limiting severity to medium.

SafePay claims to have listed The Commission as a victim; the post does not specify whether encryption, exfiltration, or both occurred, and no data size or ransom demand is stated.

medium

What the group claims

Functions as the executive administrative body for the county and is responsible for overseeing public infrastructure, fiscal management.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

# SafePay ransomware has never provided and does not provide the RaaS
The Commission functions as the executive administrative body for the county and is responsible for overseeing public infrastructure, fiscal management, … 
Founded in 1988, the company operates as a family-run SME and has developed a strong regional presence in the North … 
The company operates primarily in France while maintaining media-related partnerships and activities across European markets, including Germany. Its business model … 
The clinic is led by Dr. med. Debby Budihardja, a board-certified dermatologist and allergologist with extensive clinical experience gained at … 
Founded in 1977, the company has evolved from a small blueprint-printing business into a large multi-service print agency serving corporate, … 
Founded in 1995, the company specializes in IT infrastructure, network design, cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and managed technology services for small … 
Is a German transportation company headquartered in Berlin, specializing in bus charter services, passenger transportation, school transport, and mobility solutions … 
JMIGE appears to be a company with limited publicly available informatio…

Sources

Leak posthttp://safepaypfxntwixwjrlcscft433ggemlhgkkdupi2ynhtcmvdgubmoyd.onion

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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Disclosure context

About safepay

The Safepay ransomware group is a newly emerged threat actor first observed in November 2024, demonstrating rapid operational scale with 444 documented victims in a short timeframe, indicating financially motivated cybercriminal activity. Due to the group's recent emergence, publicly documented information about their country of origin, affiliations, and operational model remains limited among established threat intelligence sources. Given the recency of their appearance and lack of detailed technical analysis from major security firms, their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors including manufacturing, technology, education, and healthcare, with primary focus on victims in the United States, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, though no specific high-profile campaigns or notable incidents have been publicly attributed to them by major security vendors or law enforcement agencies. As of the latest available intelligence, Safepay appears to remain active, though comprehensive threat profiling is limited due to the group's recent emergence and the current lack of detailed technical analysis from established cybersecurity research organizations. The group has been linked to 612 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 19, 2024; most recent post July 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 19, 2026The Commission listed by safepayon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by safepay

safepay has been linked to 612 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Government/Public Administration sector. Geographically, The Commission is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by safepay means The Commission appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on safepay's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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.