Ohio Living Home Health & Hospice Listed by Dark Project Ransomware Group

On August 05, 2026, the ransomware group Dark Project listed Ohio Living Home Health & Hospice on its leak site, claiming that at least 600 GB of sensitive data was exfiltrated during a cyberattack that occurred in April 2026. The organization, a not-for-profit provider of life plan communities, home health, and hospice services in Ohio founded in 1922, has not publicly confirmed the incident as of this writing. According to the leak-site listing, more than 5,000 files containing personal information were taken.

Details from the Leak-Site Claim

The Dark Project leak page states that the data includes employee records, driver’s licenses, patient personal documents, photographs, medical records, Social Security numbers, insurance information, as well as confidential company financial records and bank statements covering the years 2022–2026. The group has made a sample of the alleged material available for download on its site. Because this information originates solely from the threat actor’s own leak portal and Ransomfeed aggregation, it remains an unconfirmed claim. Ohio Living has issued no official breach notification, and no regulator or federal agency filing has yet appeared.

The listing does not specify exactly how many individuals are affected, nor does it detail the precise systems that were initially compromised.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

If you or a family member have received care from Ohio Living Home Health & Hospice, worked there, or had insurance processed through them, your personal information may now be in the hands of extortionists. Medical records, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, and financial data are among the most valuable pieces of information on the underground market. A single exposure like this can fuel identity theft, insurance fraud, tax fraud, and long-term financial harm for years after the initial leak.

Even though the total number of affected people is unknown, the volume — 600 GB and thousands of files — suggests the breach touches a significant portion of patients, employees, and contractors who interacted with the organization over the past four years.

Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks

Medical and financial records rarely exist in isolation. A leaked home address, phone number, or email from this incident can be chained with data from previous breaches to build a complete profile. Children’s gaming accounts or school records that share the same address become easy follow-on targets, turning one healthcare breach into a household-wide exposure. Public records, social-media handles, and even family photographs included in the alleged dump accelerate doxxing attempts and targeted social-engineering attacks.

Once such data appears on a ransomware leak site, it is frequently resold or reposted on multiple underground forums, making permanent removal difficult without coordinated, specialist intervention.

Dark Project’s Known Track Record

Public reporting attributes Dark Project with emerging in late 2024 as a double-extortion ransomware operation. The group typically gains initial access through phishing, remote desktop protocol brute-force, or exploitation of unpatched VPN appliances. After exfiltrating data, it follows a standard playbook: it first demands ransom from the victim organization, then publishes samples and eventually the full archive on its leak site if payment is not made. Notable prior victims have included healthcare providers, manufacturing firms, and local government entities. The group’s leak site is hosted on the clear web and updated frequently, indicating an organized and persistent operation.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your emails, phone numbers, handles, and real-world identity, followed by no-subscription cleanup of exposed records.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1 billion breach records and more than 100 platforms so the next exposure is detected and addressed in hours rather than months.
• Immediately rotate any password you have reused at Ohio Living or with any of its vendors, and switch to 2FA using an authenticator app instead of SMS.
• Let remediation specialists handle formal takedown requests to data brokers and leak repositories on your behalf.
• Note that a leaked home address places everyone living at that location at risk; your own timely removal requests are what begin to pull that address out of circulation.

The speed with which ransomware groups move stolen healthcare and financial data means acting within days rather than weeks can meaningfully limit downstream harm. Continuous monitoring paired with specialist remediation remains one of the most practical defenses an individual has once their information has reached a leak site. DoxxScan by GalaxyWarden provides exactly that combination — continuous monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, and hands-on remediation by specialists — helping you regain control of your exposed information.