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Phoenix Environmental Laboratories

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Mar 13, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group DragonForce 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: TechnologyDiscovered: 2026-03-13

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Phoenix Environmental Laboratories specializes in high-quality analysis of soil, water, air, sediment, and solids, complying with EPA, state environmental protection agency, and health department requirements. The company serves a diverse clientele, including small businesses, large engineering firms, and state and federal agencies. They offer competitive pricing and standard turnaround times of 7 to 10 business days, as well as priority, expedited, and emergency response services. Phoenix strives to collaborate with consulting and municipal partners in an effort to create a cleaner and safer environment.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Mar 13, 2026

Claim posted

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteMar 13 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 13, last Jul 7 (MA) — a 116-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.

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 2022-10-20

dragonforce

According to ransomware.live, DragonForce is a major ransomware-as-a-service operation first observed in August 2023 that launched a formal affiliate program offering 80% revenue share, then rebranded as a "ransomware cartel" in 2025, gaining notoriety for high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods.

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