Gitlabs: Professional Computer, X-Pans, Propulsion Academy AG Listed by fog Ransomware Group

On January 30, 2025, the fog ransomware group added Gitlabs, Professional Computer, X-Pans, and Propulsion Academy AG to its public leak site, claiming to have exfiltrated internal files during a ransomware attack.

What's Publicly Reported from Reporting

Public reporting indicates the four organizations appeared together on the fog leak site that day. The group states it obtained internal data from the victims and is using the leak site to pressure them. Available reporting describes the exposed material as internal files, though the precise volume and full list of data types have not been independently verified. No confirmed victim count for individual people has been published. The listing follows the typical fog pattern of publishing samples after an initial extortion window.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When companies that handle everyday services — whether professional computing support, training programs, or specialized academies — suffer a breach, the information inside their systems can include names, addresses, contact details, and financial records tied to ordinary customers and employees. Internal files exfiltrated often contain spreadsheets, contracts, or email archives that reveal where you live, work, or study. Once that data reaches public leak sites, it circulates quickly among identity thieves and doxxers. Your family’s privacy depends on how fast you learn about the exposure and limit what criminals can build from it.

The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks

A single breach rarely stops at one company. Criminals map connections between leaked emails, usernames, phone numbers, and passwords to create detailed identity chains. These chains link your professional life to personal accounts, social media handles, and even your children’s online profiles. Credential leaks like this one frequently cascade into gaming account takeovers, where stolen logins grant access to chat logs, payment methods, and location data that can be used for harassment or further extortion. What begins as an corporate ransomware incident can quietly evolve into targeted doxxing against you or your family members.

Fog Ransomware Group Track Record

Public reporting attributes the fog ransomware group with operations that emerged in 2024. The group has listed numerous organizations across sectors on its leak site, employing a double-extortion playbook: encrypting victim systems, exfiltrating data, then threatening both restoration failure and public disclosure unless payment is made. Typical tactics include initial access through compromised credentials or remote desktop vulnerabilities, followed by data theft and publication on onion sites if demands are unmet. Exact prior victim counts remain fluid in open sources, but the group’s consistent use of leak-site pressure is well documented.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your emails, phone numbers, handles, and real-world identity so you can see exactly what this claimed breach connects to.
• Rotate any password used at the affected organizations anywhere it has been reused, and switch on two-factor authentication through an authenticator app rather than SMS.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms so the next exposure is caught in hours instead of months.
• Cover the household with DoxxScan family protection that extends to dependents and your children’s gaming accounts, which often chain back to the same addresses and credentials.
• Let remediation specialists handle takedown requests across data brokers and leak sites for you while you focus on securing your own accounts.

The fog listing is a reminder that corporate breaches now feed directly into personal doxxing chains that can affect any household connected to the victim companies. Starting with clear visibility into those chains and hands-on help to break them remains one of the most practical defenses available. DoxxScan by GalaxyWarden delivers continuous monitoring across 13.1 billion+ breach records and more than 100 platforms, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, and hands-on remediation by specialists, with coverage that includes your family and children’s gaming accounts.