Disclosure context

About Kairos

Kairos is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in November 2024 that appears to be primarily financially motivated, having targeted approximately 75 victims across multiple sectors and countries. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, and it is unknown whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Based on available targeting data, Kairos appears to focus their operations primarily on English-speaking countries including the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada, with additional activity observed in Germany, while their sector targeting spans education, healthcare, agriculture and food production, and business services, though specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been publicly documented by major security organizations. Given the group's recent emergence in late 2024, there are no widely reported notable campaigns or high-profile incidents documented by CISA, FBI, or established security research firms. As of current reporting, Kairos appears to remain active based on their recent first observation date, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from major security organizations have not yet been published due to the group's nascent operational timeline. The group has been linked to 86 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 13, 2024; most recent post May 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 3, 2026Katz Kantor Stonestreet & Buckner listed by Kairoson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Katz Kantor Stonestreet & Buckner 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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Katz Kantor Stonestreet & Buckner

Claimed by Kairos · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 3, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Kairos
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Mar 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Katz, Kantor, Stonestreet & Buckner is a West Virginia law firm established in 1931 with over 88 years of legal practice. The firm provides legal representation across multiple West Virginia communities including Bluefield, Princeton, Beckley, Welch, Lewisburg, Charleston, and Morgantown. It describes its practice as built on decades of experience with compassionate and zealous client representation.

Industry: Legal Services (Law Firm)
Address: West Virginia, United States
Founded: 1931

Attack summary

Severity: high — Law firms hold highly sensitive attorney-client privileged communications, personal client PII, and confidential legal case files. The data_published status indicates exfiltration has occurred and data has been released, making this a significant disclosure of potentially regulated and privileged information even without a confirmed file count.

The Kairos ransomware group claims an attack on Katz, Kantor, Stonestreet & Buckner with the disclosure status listed as data_published, indicating exfiltration and publication of data. No specific ransom amount or data volume was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client legal files
Case records
Attorney-client privileged communications
Personal client information (PII)

What the group claims

Katz, Kantor, Stonestreet & Buckner serves all of West Virginia with compassionate and zealous legal representation built on decades of experience. Established in 1931, our firm has been representing clients from Bluefield, Princeton, Beckley, Welch, Lewisburg, Charleston, Morgantown, and all areas in between in West Virginia for over 88 years.

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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