high severity April 09, 2023 · 3 min read Unverified claim — what this is

Petromiralles Listed by Malas Ransomware Group

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

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

Petromiralles Listed by Malas Ransomware Group

On April 09, 2023, Spanish fuel distributor Petromiralles appeared on the leak site of the malas ransomware group. The listing states that internal files were exfiltrated during a ransomware attack that leveraged a Zimbra vulnerability. The group has not publicly specified the volume of data taken or named exact record counts.

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Primary Disclosure Details

The malas leak site entry, still accessible via the .onion address tracked by ransomware.live, claims successful data theft from Petromiralles following exploitation of an unpatched Zimbra collaboration suite. The posting does not quantify affected records, list specific file types beyond “internal files,” or disclose any ransom demand. No separate breach notification from the company has surfaced, leaving the precise scope of exposure unknown to the public. What is confirmed is the initial access vector: a known vulnerability in Zimbra that allowed remote code execution and subsequent exfiltration.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a fuel distributor’s internal systems are breached, the data at risk often includes customer invoices, delivery addresses, payment records, employee payroll files, and supplier contracts. Any of these can contain your full name, address, phone number, email, date of birth, or bank details. Even if you never directly bought fuel from Petromiralles, your information may have been shared by a retailer, employer, or insurer that did business with them. Once stolen, these details rarely stay contained; they circulate on criminal forums and become building blocks for identity theft, loan fraud, or targeted phishing against you and your household.

Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks

Internal files from companies like Petromiralles frequently expose relationships between corporate email addresses, personal accounts, and physical locations. Threat actors chain these fragments together: an employee email leads to a reused password, which unlocks a personal cloud drive containing family photos, children’s school records, or gaming logins. The result is a complete identity profile that can be sold or used for extortion. Credential leaks of this nature routinely cascade into account takeovers on gaming platforms, where children’s usernames and shared family passwords become entry points for further harassment or financial fraud.

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Attributed to Malas · 144 incidents tracked →

Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed

Disclosed April 09, 2023

Last reviewed August 8, 2026

Affected Unconfirmed

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