Was Gallagher Transport International hit by ransomware?

Gallagher Transport International was listed by the sinobi ransomware operation (United States), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the sinobi ransomware group?

sinobi is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Gallagher Transport International breach?

sinobi published data attributed to Gallagher Transport International. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Gallagher Transport International

Claimed by Sinobi · listed 5 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJan 27, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Sinobi
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Transportation/Logistics
Listed on leak site: Jan 27, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Gallagher Transport International is a customs broker with over 25 years of experience specializing in personalized and compliant freight solutions for importers and exporters across the United States. The company offers customs clearance, cargo insurance, and freight forwarding services, with expertise in FDA-regulated items, medical equipment, and specialty equipment. It operates through multiple offices serving clients nationwide.

Industry: Customs Brokerage & Freight Forwarding

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (not merely listed), and the company handles regulated trade data including FDA-regulated items and medical equipment shipments, meaning exfiltrated records likely contain sensitive importer/exporter PII, trade compliance documentation, and potentially regulated commodity data at meaningful scale.

The sinobi ransomware group claims to have attacked Gallagher Transport International and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of company and client records. No specific ransom amount or data volume was stated in the post.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client import/export records
Customs clearance documentation
Cargo insurance records
Freight forwarding data
FDA-regulated shipment records
Medical equipment shipping records
Business communications

What the group claims

Gallagher Transport International is a leading customs broker specializing in personalized and compliant freight solutions for importers and exporters. With over 25 years of experience, the company offers a full suite of services, including customs clearance, cargo insurance, and freight forwarding, while ensuring compliance with U.S. regulations. Their dedicated team focuses on proactive communication and personalized service to streamline the shipping process for clients across various industries, including FDA-regulated items, medical equipment, and specialty equipment. Gallagher Transport serves clients nationwide through multiple offices, aiming to make the transportation of goods as efficient and cost-effective as possible.

Sources

Leak posthttp://sinobi6ftrg27d6g4sjdt65malds6cfptlnjyw52rskakqjda6uvb7yd.onion/leaks/6978eeaf6387a4c9a2db517a

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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Disclosure context

About sinobi

Based on the limited publicly available information, Sinobi appears to be a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in July 2025, with financial motivations evidenced by their targeting of 268 victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, and there is no confirmed information regarding whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security research organizations, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad opportunistic approach rather than highly selective operations. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy, with a focus on manufacturing, healthcare, construction, and technology sectors, suggesting they may exploit common vulnerabilities across these industries rather than deploying sophisticated, sector-specific attack vectors. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Sinobi have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established threat intelligence firms. Given the recent emergence timeline and lack of extensive public documentation, the group's current operational status and long-term trajectory remain unclear, though the substantial victim count suggests continued activity as of the last available reporting period. The group has been linked to 274 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 5, 2025; most recent post May 8, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 27, 2026Gallagher Transport International listed by sinobion the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by sinobi

sinobi has been linked to 274 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 Transportation/Logistics sector, which has 847 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Gallagher Transport International is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by sinobi means Gallagher Transport International appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on sinobi'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.