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Vinson & Elkins LLP

bd_4b75e40d39f323fd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Aug 16, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Vinson & Elkins LLP

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group D4rk4rmy on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Business ServicesDiscovered: 2025-08-16

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

https://www.velaw.com Vinson & Elkins is a century-strong global law firm that partners with leading companies across key industries on wide‐ranging, complex matters. Blending deep experience with forward‐thinking counsel and close client collaboration, the firm helps organizations pursue goals and navigate...

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Aug 16, 2025

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2025-07-07

d4rk4rmy

According to ransomware.live, D4rk4rmy is a ransomware and data extortion group active since at least 2025, targeting financial services, hospitality, technology, and logistics sectors, operating a RaaS model with notable claimed victims including the Monte Carlo casino resort.

18 victims claimed globally18 tracked hereFull profile →