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 487 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 19, 2024; most recent post May 21, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 6, 2026globalmerchservices.com listed by safepayon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, globalmerchservices.com is reported in GB, a country with 309 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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globalmerchservices.com

Claimed by safepay · listed 14 days ago

14d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 6, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: safepay
Status: Data leaked
Country: GB
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 6, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Global Merchandising Services (GMS) is an international entertainment merchandising company founded in 2008, with headquarters in London and Los Angeles. The company specialises in music, celebrity, and brand management, developing and managing merchandise programs for an extensive client roster across live events, retail, licensing, and e-commerce. It describes itself as the largest independent company in its sector, with over 95 team members and a reach of 95 million audience engagements through live events.

Industry: Entertainment & Music Merchandising
Address: Headquarters in London, UK and Los Angeles, USA (specific street address not stated)
Employees: 95
Founded: 2008

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by the threat actor, indicating successful exfiltration. The company handles data for high-profile entertainment and music industry clients, meaning exposure likely includes sensitive commercial contracts, client identities, and business-critical intellectual property. Scale of 95+ staff and a global client base elevates impact.

The SafePay ransomware group claims to have attacked Global Merchandising Services and has published data ('data_published' status), indicating exfiltration of company data. No ransom amount or specific data volume was disclosed in the post.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Client roster information
Merchandise program details
Potentially employee records
Potentially financial/contractual data

What the group claims

Global Merchandising Services (GMS) is an international entertainment merchandising company founded in 2008. It specializes in developing and managing merchandise …

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Source

Indexed 14 days ago

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