high severity November 08, 2023 · 4 min read Unverified claim — what this is

etude-villa.fr Listed by Black Basta Ransomware Group

If you are a customer of etude-villa.fr, here’s what is being claimed, and what it would mean for you.

etude-villa.fr was listed on Blackbasta's leak site. Blackbasta claims to have stolen internal data. This is the group's claim, not a confirmed finding.

etude-villa.fr Listed by Black Basta Ransomware Group

Etude Villa Florek Listed by Black Basta

On November 08, 2023, the French legal services firm Etude Villa Florek (www.etude-villa.fr) appeared on the leak site operated by the Black Basta ransomware group. The listing states that attackers exfiltrated 43 GB of internal files described as finance, accounting, confidentiality, customer files, and users data. The notification does not quantify how many individuals are affected, nor does it specify the exact contents of the customer files.

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What the Leak Site Discloses

The Black Basta leak page for etude-villa.fr lists the company’s physical address at 18 Rue Néricault Destouches, 37013 Tours, France, and provides a partial directory listing of the compromised network. It explicitly names domain accounts including multiple administrator credentials and identifies a Windows Server 2019 Standard machine (VM-01-VILLA.etudevilla.local at 192.168.36.203) as part of the environment. The disclosure indicates that the data was taken during a ransomware attack and is now published because the firm did not meet the group’s demands. No sample files are shown in the public summary, but the category labels—finance, accounting, customer files, and users data—point to sensitive professional documents that almost certainly contain personal information about clients.

The primary disclosure does not detail the initial access vector or the precise date of compromise. It simply states that internal files were exfiltrated and are held for extortion.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

If you or any member of your family has used the legal services of Etude Villa Florek, your personal data may now sit inside the 43 GB archive. Legal client files frequently include full names, addresses, dates of birth, national identification numbers, financial records, and correspondence that can be used for identity theft or targeted fraud. Even if you were not a direct client, the exposure of “users data” and administrative credentials raises the risk that employee information has also been taken and could be traded or combined with other leaks.

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Attributed to Blackbasta · 522 incidents tracked →

Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed

Disclosed November 08, 2023

Last reviewed August 8, 2026

Affected Unconfirmed

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