Hankin & Mazel, PLLC Listed by pear Ransomware Group

On July 28, 2025, law firm Hankin & Mazel, PLLC appeared on the leak site of the pear ransomware group. The firm, which has represented cooperative and condominium boards in New York for more than 30 years, is claimed to have had internal files exfiltrated during a ransomware attack. Public reporting indicates that samples of the stolen data have been posted, though the total number of people whose information is now exposed remains unknown.

Reported Details of the Breach

Available reporting describes the incident as a classic ransomware operation in which the attackers first gained access, encrypted systems, and then exfiltrated files before demanding payment. The data exposed consists of internal documents that a law firm handling real-estate and board matters would typically hold: contracts, financial records, correspondence, and client identifying details. No precise victim count has been released, and the firm has not yet issued a public statement detailing the volume or exact sensitivity of the files. The leak site listing itself serves as the primary public evidence, hosted on an onion address and mirrored by ransomware-tracking services such as ransomware.live.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a law firm that manages housing-board records suffers a breach, the ripple effects reach everyday people. If you or your family live in a New York co-op or condominium represented by Hankin & Mazel, your names, addresses, financial information, or personal correspondence may now sit in an attacker-controlled archive. Internal files from such firms frequently contain Social Security numbers, bank routing details, tax records, and scanned identification documents. Once that information leaves the firm’s control, it can be sold, traded, or used to open accounts in your name. Children listed on family filings or guardianship papers are not exempt; their details often travel in the same datasets.

The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks

Ransomware groups rarely stop at posting generic “samples.” They publish enough material to prove they hold the full archive, then wait for payment. When payment is not made, the data frequently migrates to dark-web markets or private Telegram channels where doxxing crews buy it in bulk. A single leaked email or phone number becomes the starting node of an identity chain that links your online handles, gaming accounts, family addresses, and financial profiles. Credential leaks of this kind routinely cascade into account takeovers on Steam, Roblox, Discord, and other platforms where children maintain profiles tied to the same family email. The speed at which these chains form leaves most families unaware until fraudulent charges or harassing messages appear.

What to Do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your emails, phone numbers, usernames, and real-world identity so you can see exactly what the pear group may now hold.
• Rotate any password you used at Hankin & Mazel or any related vendor and enable 2FA 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 entire household with DoxxScan family protection, which includes dependents and children’s gaming accounts that often chain back to the same address or parent email.
• Let remediation specialists handle takedown requests across data brokers and leak sites while you focus on securing your own logins.

The pear ransomware group first drew attention in early 2024 and has since listed dozens of small-to-mid-size organizations, typically law firms, medical practices, and local government contractors. Public reporting attributes to them a standard double-extortion playbook: initial access through phishing or unpatched remote desktop services, followed by exfiltration of sensitive folders, encryption of systems, and publication of samples on their leak site when ransom demands go unmet. Their prior victims include other professional-services businesses whose client files contained personal data similar to what appears to have been taken from Hankin & Mazel.

Incidents like this one show that waiting for a company to notify you is no longer enough. By the time an official letter arrives, copies of your information may already be circulating. The most practical defense is to assume your data is already exposed, map the exposure, and close every link an attacker could follow. Start your DoxxScan trial and let its continuous monitoring, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, and hands-on remediation specialists work for your entire family, including gaming accounts that can become entry points for further harassment or financial fraud. Protecting yourself no longer means reacting to one breach at a time; it means maintaining constant visibility and rapid response across every platform where your family’s information lives.