On December 14, 2024, the First Baptist Church of High Springs in Florida appeared on the leak site operated by the blacklock ransomware group. The listing states that internal files were exfiltrated during a ransomware attack on the small church, which has fewer than 25 employees, maintains an affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention, and reports annual revenue under $5 million. The primary disclosure does not quantify how many individuals may be affected, nor does it list the specific types of records stolen.
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Details from the Leak-Site Listing
The blacklock leak site, accessible via the .onion link hosted on ransomware.live, shows a data download for fbchighsprings.org. It states that the church suffered a ransomware incident in which attackers exfiltrated internal files before encrypting systems. The disclosure indicates the data is now publicly available for anyone who visits the leak page. No ransom amount, exact breach date, or detailed inventory of the stolen material is provided in the listing itself. Public reporting on blacklock incidents follows a pattern of publishing samples or full archives when victims do not pay.
Why This Matters for You and Your Family
Even a small church breach can expose the personal information of congregation members, staff, volunteers, and their families. If you or your relatives attend First Baptist Church of High Springs or have donated, attended events, or provided contact details, your data may now sit in an easily downloadable archive. Internal files often contain names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, financial contribution records, and correspondence that can be used for identity theft or targeted scams. Because churches serve entire households, one breach can ripple outward to spouses, children, and extended family who never directly interacted with the organization’s systems.
The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks
Ransomware groups like blacklock rarely stop at posting generic “internal files.” Once the archive circulates on dark-web forums and cybercrime marketplaces, threat actors combine it with other leaked datasets to build detailed profiles. A church membership list paired with a reused password from an earlier breach can lead to email takeover, social-media impersonation, or even physical address exposure. Credential leaks of this kind frequently cascade into gaming-account takeovers, especially for children whose parents reuse the same email across family devices. The result is a doxxing chain that links an old church form to a teenager’s Roblox or Discord handle, exposing the entire household to harassment or further extortion.