[AKIRA] – Ransomware Victim: Elliott Tax Service
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AI Generated Summary of the Ransomware Leak Page
On November 4, 2025, a ransomware leak post identifies Elliott Tax Service, a local financial services firm in San Mateo, California, as a victim. The post, attributed to the Akira group, frames the incident as a data breach under a ransomware operation, with attackers asserting that they have obtained data from the firm’s systems and will expose it publicly. No explicit claim of system encryption or operational disruption is stated in the excerpt; instead, the emphasis is on data theft and forthcoming data exposure. The post notes the firm operates in the Financial Services sector and marks 2025-11-04 as the post date. The attackers claim they will upload approximately 82 GB of corporate documents, including categories such as client personal document scans, employee personal information and other HR data, client financial records, NDAs, credit card details and payment information, confidentiality agreements, legal and court documents, and police reports, among other files. The post is linked to the Akira group.
The leak page contains no screenshots or images; there are zero media items displayed. There are no downloads or external links visible in the post. The content instead enumerates data categories that may be part of the anticipated data release, without providing actual samples, values, or direct samples of PII in the excerpt. This indicates that the event is framed as a data leak rather than a strictly encrypted breach, aligning with known ransomware patterns that threaten public data exposure in addition to possible extortion.
From a threat-intelligence perspective, Elliott Tax Service appears to be the victim of a ransomware campaign targeting a small financial-services firm, with potential exposure of client and employee personal information, financial records, and confidential documents. The post does not specify a ransom amount or a verified compromise date; in the absence of a compromise date, the post date (November 4, 2025) is used as the reference timestamp. The information surface highlights the risk profile for similar firms in the sector, emphasizing the ongoing threat of data exfiltration and public release in double-extortion campaigns.
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