Was www.margaritavilleatsea.com hit by ransomware?

www.margaritavilleatsea.com was listed by the Lynx 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 Lynx ransomware group?

Lynx 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 www.margaritavilleatsea.com breach?

Lynx published data attributed to www.margaritavilleatsea.com. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Margaritaville at Sea

listed as www.margaritavilleatsea.com · Claimed by Lynx · listed 10 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedSep 23, 2025
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Lynx
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Hospitality and Tourism
Listed on leak site: Sep 23, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Margaritaville at Sea is a US-based cruise line operating themed cruise vacations to the Caribbean, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and beyond, inspired by the Margaritaville lifestyle brand. The company operates multiple ships including the Islander, Paradise, and Beachcomber, departing from Port of Palm Beach and Port Tampa Bay. It offers family vacations, group travel, weddings at sea, and themed cruises with onboard dining, entertainment, spa, and casino amenities.

Industry: Cruise Line & Maritime Tourism
Address: Port of Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, Florida, United States
Employees: 201-500
Founded: 2021

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published by the threat actor in a hospitality/travel context, likely involving PII of cruise passengers (names, contact details, payment information, travel records) at potentially significant scale; published status elevates severity beyond medium.

The Lynx ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated data from Margaritaville at Sea and has published the data, though no specific data size or ransom amount was stated. The disclosed status is 'data_published', indicating stolen data has been released.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Customer personal information
Booking and reservation records
Employee records
Financial data
Corporate documents

What the group claims

Margaritaville at Sea Cruises offers a unique offshore resort experience with fun-filled cruises to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, epitomizing the carefree spirit of Margaritaville. Their services include a range of itineraries featuring world-class dining, entertainment, and relaxation options aboard their ships, the Islander and Paradise. The intended clients are those seeking a vibrant and leisurely travel experience, whether through family vacations, solo getaways, or special events like weddings at sea. With exclusive cruise deals and a commitment to memorable journeys, Margaritaville at Sea invites guests to enjoy a slice of paradise at sea.

Sources

Source

Indexed 10 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Lynx

Lynx is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in July 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating rapid scaling capabilities with 397 documented victims within their first few months of operation. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their targeting patterns suggest a sophisticated operation that may operate independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on their victim distribution, Lynx appears to employ broad-spectrum targeting methodologies focusing heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and Australia representing their primary geographic targets, while concentrating their attacks on manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation/logistics sectors, though specific technical details regarding their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not yet been extensively documented by major security research organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents that have gained significant public attention from law enforcement agencies or established threat intelligence firms. As of late 2024, Lynx appears to remain active with no reported law enforcement disruptions or operational changes. The group has been linked to 414 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2024; most recent post June 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 23, 2025www.margaritavilleatsea.com listed by Lynxon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Lynx

Lynx has been linked to 414 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full Lynx dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Hospitality and Tourism sector, which has 452 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, www.margaritavilleatsea.com is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Lynx means www.margaritavilleatsea.com 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.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Lynx'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.