Was Wayne Wright, LLP. hit by ransomware?

Wayne Wright, LLP. was listed by the BianLian 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 BianLian ransomware group?

BianLian 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 Wayne Wright, LLP. breach?

BianLian published data attributed to Wayne Wright, LLP.. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Wayne Wright LLP

listed as Wayne Wright, LLP. · Claimed by BianLian · listed 2 years ago

22m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedAug 30, 2024
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: BianLian
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Listed on leak site: Aug 30, 2024

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Wayne Wright LLP is a Texas-based personal injury law firm with multiple offices across the state (San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Harrisburg, Birmingham). The firm specializes in car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, workplace injuries, medical malpractice, and wrongful death claims, operating on a contingency fee basis.

Industry: Legal Services - Personal Injury Law
Address: 1001 Comanche St, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Attack summary

Severity: high — Law firm targets typically hold sensitive client data (PII, health information, case details). Confirmed data publication by BianLian indicates exfiltration of potentially regulated information (attorney-client privilege, personal injury case details, contact information). Lack of specific proof inventory details prevents 'critical' classification, but the nature of legal practice makes this high severity.

BianLian claims to have attacked Wayne Wright LLP and published data. No specific details on the nature of exfiltration (encrypted files, data types, or operational impact) are provided in the leak post excerpt.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client case files
Personal injury claim records
Client contact information
Legal correspondence
Financial records

What the group claims

Wayne Wright Injury Lawyers is a legal services company based out of 1001 Comanche St, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States.

Sources

Victim sitewaynewright.com
Leak posthttp://bianlianlbc5an4kgnay3opdemgcryg2kpfcbgczopmm3dnbz3uaunad.onion//companies/waynewright.com

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About BianLian

**Overview:** BianLian is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in July 2022, quickly establishing itself as a significant threat to organizations across multiple sectors. The group operates with a primary focus on extorting victims for financial gain through data encryption and exfiltration tactics. **Origin & Affiliation:** While the exact country of origin remains unconfirmed by public reporting, BianLian appears to operate as an independent ransomware group rather than following a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Security researchers have not established definitive links between BianLian and other known ransomware families or cybercriminal organizations. **Attack Methodology:** BianLian typically gains initial access through compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials and exploits of public-facing applications, according to security researchers. The group employs double extortion tactics, stealing sensitive data before encrypting victim systems, and threatens to publish exfiltrated information on their leak site if ransom demands are not met. Their operations demonstrate sophisticated understanding of network environments and data exfiltration techniques. **Notable Campaigns:** Since its emergence, BianLian has successfully compromised over 670 organizations globally, with documented cases spanning critical infrastructure and major corporations across their primary target sectors. The group has been particularly active in targeting healthcare organizations, prompting attention from cybersecurity agencies due to the critical nature of these attacks. **Current Status:** As of recent threat intelligence reporting, BianLian remains an active ransomware threat, continuing to target organizations primarily in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, and Australia. The group has been linked to 668 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 14, 2022; most recent post March 31, 2025. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: Hydra.

Timeline of this disclosure

August 30, 2024Wayne Wright, LLP. listed by BianLianon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by BianLian

BianLian has been linked to 668 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, Wayne Wright, LLP. is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by BianLian means Wayne Wright, LLP. 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 BianLian'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.