high severity January 24, 2025 · 3 min read Unverified claim — what this is

Berman Brothers Listed by Medusa Ransomware Group

If you are a customer of Berman Brothers, here’s what is being claimed, and what it would mean for you.

Berman Brothers was listed on Medusa's leak site. Medusa claims to have stolen internal data. This is the group's claim, not a confirmed finding.

Berman Brothers Listed by Medusa Ransomware Group

On January 24, 2025, the Medusa ransomware group added Berman Brothers, a family-owned scrap metal recycling, sales, and custom fabrication business in Jacksonville, Florida, to its public leak site, claiming that internal files had been exfiltrated from the company’s systems.

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What Public Reporting Shows

Public reporting indicates the Medusa group claims to have stolen internal documents during a ransomware attack on Berman Brothers. The company, located at 2500 Evergreen Ave in Jacksonville, employs 81 people and operates as a family-run facility focused on scrap metal recycling, metal sales, and custom fabrication. Available details do not specify the exact number of records involved or list particular categories such as customer names, employee Social Security numbers, or financial spreadsheets, but the group’s posting confirms data exfiltration occurred. The leak site entry carries the identifier 9dbd25c873315b1f32d23ec27b490574 and was first noted on ransomware tracking platforms on that date.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a local business like Berman Brothers suffers a breach, anyone whose information passed through its systems—whether as a customer, vendor, employee, or even a child’s extracurricular contact—can face downstream risk. Internal files often contain names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and sometimes payment details that travel far beyond the original company. Once exposed, this information can appear on dark-web markets within days, giving identity thieves, stalkers, or harassers an easy starting point. For families, the exposure frequently extends to dependents whose school forms, sports registrations, or medical releases were stored in the same shared folders.

Credential leaks from such incidents routinely cascade into account takeovers on email, banking, and social media. If you or your children reuse even one password that appears in the stolen files, the entire household becomes vulnerable.

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Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed

Disclosed January 24, 2025

Last reviewed August 8, 2026

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