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FindNear

bd_b66e8d627340c3af · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Feb 23, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for FindNear

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cipherforce 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: 2026-02-23

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

"FindNear" is a location-based technology company that provides a platform for users to locate nearby services such as stores, restaurants, hotels, and other amenities. Their solutions are designed to help businesses attract potential customers by providing real-time information about their proximity to various services. The company harnesses the power of geolocation technology to facilitate seamless transactions and interactions between businesses and customers.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Feb 23, 2026

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 2026-02-23

cipherforce

According to ransomware.live, CipherForce is a newly emerged ransomware group first detected in early 2026, operating a dark web leak site and targeting technology, business services, and logistics companies across the US, China, Vietnam, India, and UAE, with at least 6 claimed victims.

6 victims claimed globally6 tracked hereFull profile →