Ransomware Group ShadowByt3$ Hits: John Engel Team
Summary
In the latest cybersecurity news, John Engel Team — an organization based in US — has fallen victim to a ransomware attack conducted by the group ShadowByt3$. This data breach, discovered on 2026-09-10T05:25:30.437382+00:00, underscores the increasing need for proactive cybersecurity defenses as we continue through 2026.
Incident Report
| Attribute | Information |
|---|---|
| Target Organization | John Engel Team |
| Threat Group | ShadowByt3$ |
| Summary | Contact us and negotiate. Don’t be like the other real estate companies we have breached. We have serious data which contains the following below. Also we have a image url too to show you that we are not bluffing negotiate and we will remove your name and show you all the proof you want.
url: http://sdwbyttda4uzwdffbt4m7niuodiwhcgmkyxqg5nly2bjxqa6xtbe3fyd.onion/invoice.png Data Compromised: the leak contains 0.014 million contacts (exactly 14,476 unique customer records). 1. Complete Identity and Client Databases (14,476 Total Profiles) The extraction completely drains the brokerage team’s customer network, divided into three distinct lifecycle tables: – 10,993 Nurtured Contacts: 2. Deep Behavioral Tracking & Psychological Analytics For every single one of those 14,476 profiles, We stole exact behavioral history and intent metrics, including: – Predictive Intent Metrics: scout score and score change counters that signal exactly when a high-net-worth client is getting ready to purchase. 3. Corporate Financial and Transaction Data – 40 Invoice PDFs: A localized batch of billing records detailing contractual pricing, vendor relationships, and enterprise account balances. 4. Direct Brand Impersonation Assets – Administrative Access Details: The team leader’s personal profile details, including name, primary corporate emails ([email protected], [email protected]), direct contact phone numbers (203 247 4700), and official state real estate license number (RES.0787476). – High-Definition Media Links: Pristine branding paths hosted on the platform’s live AWS CloudFront CDN network (d1buiexcd5gara.cloudfront.net – Operational Templates: The exact welcoming and onboarding text strings used by the agents to register new users. The .csv is in the format below: Nurtured_Contacts and that is for all of them. If you don’t negotiate we will sell it on underground forums for one person only and we will send proofs to bleepingcomputer and haveibeenpwned. You have 72 hours to negotiate it will get leaked on 09/12/2026 at 10:10 PM New York Time EST/EDT. To negotiate are session is below for negotiations only session: 05dd14d0860cb5d6901de01af2a84c026d914197d0f8ed892085ea3be556563301 contact us via email has a second option: |
| Date of Breach | 2026-09-10T05:25:07.819230+00:00 |
| Discovery Date | 2026-09-10T05:25:30.437382+00:00 |
| Region | US |
| Target Domain | johnengelteam.realscout.com |
| Business Sector | Professional Services |
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