Was SMTLAWYERS.CA hit by ransomware?

SMTLAWYERS.CA was listed by the Cl0p ransomware operation (Canada), 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 Cl0p ransomware group?

Cl0p 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 SMTLAWYERS.CA breach?

Cl0p published data attributed to SMTLAWYERS.CA. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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SMT Lawyers (Spilker McNally Tucker)

listed as SMTLAWYERS.CA · Claimed by Cl0p · listed 4 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedFeb 7, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Cl0p
Status: Data leaked
Country: Canada
Listed on leak site: Feb 7, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

SMT Lawyers, formally known as Spilker McNally Tucker, is a Canadian law firm rooted in the Kootenays region of British Columbia, serving Nelson, Fernie, and clients across BC and Alberta. The firm provides legal services in areas including real estate transactions, civil and commercial litigation, wills and estates, and related matters. They operate as a regional practice catering to individuals, families, and businesses.

Industry: Legal Services – Regional Law Firm
Address: Nelson, British Columbia, Canada (also serving Fernie and all of BC and Alberta)

Attack summary

Severity: high — The disclosure status is data_published, indicating confirmed exfiltration and public release of data from a law firm. Legal files inherently contain sensitive PII, privileged communications, financial details, and potentially regulated personal data for clients across real estate, litigation, and estate matters, warranting a high severity rating.

Cl0p claims to have compromised SMTLAWYERS.CA and has published data (disclosed status: data_published); the leak post does not specify whether encryption occurred, but data exfiltration is implied by the published status. No ransom amount or specific data volume was stated.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal files
Real estate transaction documents
Litigation records
Wills and estate documents
Personal client information (PII)

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

"SMTLAWYERS.CA" is a Canadian law firm, officially known as Simpson, McMurchy, and Tuma. They offer a variety of legal services, particularly specializing in Real Estate law, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Pet Injuries, Wills, and Trusts. Their team of experienced attorneys is dedicated to providing high-quality legal service, tailored to every client's unique needs. With their in-depth knowledge and expertise, SMTLAWYERS.CA aims to achieve the best possible outcomes for their clients.

Sources

Victim siteSMTLAWYERS.CA

Source

Indexed 4 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Cl0p

The Cl0p (also known as Clop) ransomware group is a financially motivated cybercriminal organization that emerged in March 2020, operating as part of the broader TA505/FIN11 threat landscape and conducting high-impact ransomware campaigns targeting organizations globally. The group is believed to operate from Russian-speaking territories and has been linked to the prolific TA505 cybercriminal consortium, functioning as a Ransomware-as-a-Service operation that collaborates with various affiliate groups to maximize their operational reach. Cl0p primarily gains initial access through exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in file transfer applications, phishing campaigns, and SQL injection attacks, employing double extortion tactics by exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their custom ransomware payload, which uses strong encryption algorithms to render victim systems inoperable. The group has been responsible for several high-profile campaigns, most notably their exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in MOVEit Transfer software in 2023, which affected hundreds of organizations worldwide including major corporations and government entities, and their previous campaigns targeting Accellion FTA and other file transfer solutions that resulted in the compromise of sensitive data from numerous high-value targets. Cl0p remains active as of 2024, continuing to evolve their tactics and maintain their position as one of the most prolific ransomware groups globally, with over 1,490 documented victims primarily concentrated in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia across technology, manufacturing, transportation, and consumer services sectors. The group has been linked to 1,490 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 13, 2020; most recent post February 14, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Clop, TA505, FIN11.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 7, 2026SMTLAWYERS.CA listed by Cl0pon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Cl0p

Cl0p has been linked to 1,490 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, SMTLAWYERS.CA is reported in Canada, a country with 810 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Cl0p means SMTLAWYERS.CA 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 Cl0p'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.