high severity February 20, 2026 · 4 min read Unverified claim — what this is

McFarlane Agencies Listed by akira Ransomware Group

If you are a customer of McFarlane Agencies, here’s what is being claimed, and what it would mean for you.

McFarlane Agencies was listed on Akira's leak site. Akira claims to have stolen internal data. This is the group's claim, not a confirmed finding.

McFarlane Agencies Listed by akira Ransomware Group

On February 20, 2026, the Akira ransomware group listed McFarlane Agencies, an independent insurance brokerage in Okotoks, Alberta, on its leak site and announced plans to publish 10GB of corporate data containing clients’ personal documents including SSNs, passports, driver’s licenses, addresses, phone numbers, employee records, financial information, NDAs and more.

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Reported Details from Public Reporting

Available reporting describes McFarlane Agencies as a firm established in 1975 that provides automobile, recreational, commercial, travel, pet, farm, acreage and property insurance as well as financial services through a partnership with Desjardins Financial Security Investments Inc. The Akira group’s leak page states that internal files were exfiltrated during a ransomware attack and that the full 10GB archive will be released shortly. No exact number of affected clients has been confirmed, but the exposed material includes the kinds of sensitive personal records that insurance brokerages routinely collect to underwrite policies and process claims.

SSNs, passports, driver’s licenses, addresses and phone numbers are among the data types explicitly referenced in the group’s posting. Public reporting attributes the claim to the Akira leak site itself, hosted on the ransomware.live tracker.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

If you or anyone in your household has ever purchased insurance through McFarlane Agencies, your personal information may now sit inside a 10GB bundle that criminals intend to publish. Once that archive appears on dark-web forums, it becomes searchable by identity thieves, fraudsters and stalkers. A single exposed SSN or driver’s license combined with an address and phone number can be enough to open new accounts in your name, file fraudulent tax returns or impersonate you with your own insurer. Children listed on family policies are not spared; their information travels in the same files.

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Disclosed February 20, 2026

Last reviewed August 8, 2026

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