Disclosure context

About Dragonforce

Dragonforce is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in December 2023, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns and victim selection. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their rapid accumulation of 439 documented victims suggests either sophisticated capabilities or possible connections to existing ransomware infrastructure. Based on their targeting patterns across diverse sectors including manufacturing, business services, technology, and construction, Dragonforce appears to employ opportunistic attack methodologies, though specific initial access vectors, encryption methods, and extortion tactics have not been publicly detailed by major security firms or law enforcement agencies. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations primarily in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, with the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Italy representing their most frequent victim locations, suggesting possible language capabilities or geographic operational preferences. As of current reporting, Dragonforce appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing victim acquisition, though the lack of detailed public analysis from major threat intelligence organizations indicates either operational security measures that have limited researcher visibility or that the group has not yet conducted sufficiently high-profile attacks to warrant extensive public documentation by CISA, FBI, or established security research firms. The group has been linked to 537 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 13, 2023; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 7, 2026Gelatissimo listed by Dragonforceon the group's public leak site

Data size: 378406359040
Ransom demanded: $4

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Food/Retail sector. Geographically, Gelatissimo is reported in Australia, a country with 368 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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Gelatissimo

Claimed by Dragonforce · listed 13 days ago

378406359040

Data size

Ransom

demanded

13d

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

Listed
May 7, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Dragonforce
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: Australia
Sector: Food/Retail
Listed on leak site: May 7, 2026
Data size: 378406359040
Ransom demanded: $4

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Gelatissimo is an Australian artisanal gelato chain that makes fresh gelato in-store daily across over 60 locations throughout Australia. The company operates a franchise model and seeks international expansion through a master franchise program. Headquartered in Rydalmere, New South Wales, it is marketed as Australia's favourite gelato brand.

Industry: Artisanal Gelato Retail & Franchising
Address: Unit 6, 9-11 South Street, Rydalmere, New South Wales, 2116, Australia

Attack summary

Severity: high — A large-scale confirmed exfiltration of ~378 GB of data from a franchise retail brand likely encompasses franchisee and customer PII, financial records, and operational data, representing significant business data exposure at scale.

DragonForce claims to have exfiltrated approximately 378 GB of data from Gelatissimo, with the listing published on 27 April 2026 and a disclosure timer set for 2 May 2026. The nature of the data at stake has not been further detailed in the post beyond the volume figure.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Exfiltrated company data (~378 GB)

What the group claims

A global brand seeking major investors with experience in retail and franchising to expand its artisanal ice cream chain through a master franchise program

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Victim sitegelatissimo.com.au
Leak posthttp://z3wqggtxft7id3ibr7srivv5gjof5fwg76slewnzwwakjuf3nlhukdid.onion/api/guest/blog/posts?page=1

Source

Indexed 13 days ago

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