Disclosure context

About Hunters International

Hunters International is a ransomware group that emerged in October 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating rapid expansion in their victim targeting across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented by major security agencies, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a established Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on publicly available victim data, Hunters International has demonstrated a preference for targeting business services, technology, and manufacturing sectors, with their attacks primarily concentrated in English-speaking countries including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence organizations such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant, limiting detailed analysis of their initial access vectors, encryption methods, or data exfiltration practices. With 388 documented victims since their emergence, the group has shown consistent activity levels, though specific high-profile campaigns or notable ransom demands have not been widely reported in public threat intelligence reports. As of current reporting, Hunters International appears to remain active with no documented law enforcement disruptions or operational changes reported by major cybersecurity agencies. The group has been linked to 388 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 20, 2023; most recent post March 26, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Hunters.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 20, 2026Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC listed by Hunters Internationalon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Financial Services sector, which has 516 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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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Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC

Claimed by Hunters International · listed 2 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 20, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Hunters International
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: Mar 20, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC is a leading commercial real estate finance company and mortgage banker operating across the United States. It is a joint venture between Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group, offering loan origination, servicing, and investment sales services. The firm manages one of the largest commercial mortgage servicing portfolios in the country.

Industry: Commercial Real Estate Finance & Mortgage Banking
Address: 200 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, United States
Employees: 500-1000
Founded: 2009

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration claim of over 5 million Salesforce records containing PII at scale from a major financial services firm, representing a large-volume regulated data exposure with imminent threatened publication.

Hunters International claims to have exfiltrated over 5 million Salesforce records containing PII and internal corporate data from Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, with a final deadline of 22 March 2026 before public release and additional unspecified disruptive actions.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Salesforce CRM records
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Internal corporate data

What the group claims

Over 5M Salesforce records containing PII and other internal corporate data have been compromised. This is a final warning to reach out by 22 Mar 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that'll come your way. Make the right decision, don't be the next headline. | Updated: 19 Mar 2026 | Warning: FINAL WARNING

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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