Hull Property Group Listed by ALPHV Ransomware Group

Hull Property Group Hit by Alphv

On April 05, 2023, real estate company Hull Property Group appeared on the leak site operated by the Alphv ransomware group. The listing states that internal files were exfiltrated during a ransomware attack. The company, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, owns and manages more than 16 million square feet of retail space across the United States. The leak-site entry does not specify the number of people affected or list exact types of records beyond claiming that internal files were taken.

What the Disclosure States

The primary source is the Alphv leak page itself, mirrored on ransomware.live at the onion address provided. It lists Hull Property Group as a victim and claims successful data exfiltration following a ransomware deployment. No sample files are described in the initial listing, and the disclosure does not quantify how many employee, tenant, or vendor records may have been involved. The notification simply confirms that internal files were allegedly exfiltrated and sets an implicit deadline typical of Alphv’s extortion model. Public reporting on the incident relies entirely on this leak-site posting, as Hull Property Group has not released a detailed public breach notification at the time of this analysis.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

If you have ever shopped at, leased space from, or worked with any of Hull Property Group’s malls or retail centers, your personal information may now sit in an attacker-controlled archive. Real estate firms routinely collect names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers for tenant screening, payment details, and sometimes driver’s license copies. Even when the leak-site listing does not detail what was taken, the exposure of internal files means sensitive documents that name real people are at risk of public release or private sale. For your family this translates into immediate identity-theft exposure that can surface months or years later in the form of fraudulent loans, tax filings, or phishing campaigns tailored with data only an insider would possess.

Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks

Stolen internal files frequently contain spreadsheets that link employee or tenant identities to email accounts, phone numbers, and physical addresses. Once attackers or data resellers possess those links, they can chain them with usernames discovered in other breaches to build detailed profiles. A single leaked work email can lead to compromise of personal accounts that reuse the same password. Children’s information is not immune: family emergency contacts, dependent records, or even gaming accounts tied to a parent’s breached email often become secondary targets. Credential leaks like this one cascade into account takeovers and doxxing chains that expose gaming handles, school details, and home addresses. Continuous monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms with AI-powered identity-chain mapping is one of the few practical defenses against these expanding webs of exposure.

Alphv’s Known Track Record

Public reporting attributes the Alphv group, also known as BlackCat, with emerging in late 2021 after the shutdown of the REvil ransomware operation. The gang has targeted hospitals, municipalities, manufacturing firms, and retail organizations. Their typical playbook begins with initial access gained through compromised remote desktop credentials or phishing, followed by rapid lateral movement inside the victim network, data exfiltration, and then deployment of custom ransomware. After encryption they publish a sample of stolen data on their leak site and demand payment within a short window, threatening full publication or sale of the remaining archive. Alphv has repeatedly updated its tooling and extortion tactics, including double-extortion methods that combine encryption with data leaks. The Hull Property Group listing fits this established pattern.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your handles, emails, phone numbers, and real identity, then use the cleanup of Warden to remove what you can.
• Rotate any password you used at Hull Property Group or any affiliated retail tenant portal anywhere it has been reused, and switch to 2FA through an authenticator app rather than SMS.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring so the next breach that touches your household is caught in hours instead of months.
• Cover the household — DoxxScan family coverage extends to dependents and children’s gaming accounts that often chain back to the same breached address or email.
• Let remediation specialists handle takedown requests across data brokers and extortion sites for you instead of attempting manual removal.

The Alphv listing of Hull Property Group is a reminder that retail real estate data is now routine currency in ransomware operations. Protecting yourself requires more than checking one breach site; it demands ongoing visibility into how your identity is being recombined across dozens of platforms. Start your DoxxScan trial and let its continuous monitoring, 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 theft.