RE/MAX 1st Choice Listed by Gammax Ransomware Group

On July 30, 2026, the ransomware group Gammax listed RE/MAX 1st Choice Florida on its leak site, claiming the real estate company suffered a ransomware attack in which internal files were exfiltrated. The organization, established in 2005 and operated by owners Katy and John Martinelli, has not publicly confirmed the incident as of this writing. According to the leak-site listing, data was taken but the group has not published samples or disclosed the volume or specific types of records involved.

Leak Site Claim Details

The primary disclosure comes solely from Gammax’s own leak site, accessible via the .onion link indexed by ransomware trackers. The entry states that internal files were exfiltrated during a ransomware attack but provides no additional specifics on the number of records, the systems compromised, or the exact data categories. Because the claim originates from the threat actor’s platform rather than a company breach notification, regulatory filing, or official agency disclosure, it must be treated as an unconfirmed claim. RE/MAX 1st Choice has issued no public statement acknowledging the incident, and the leak-site listing does not quantify affected records.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a real estate agency’s internal files are stolen, the exposure often includes documents that contain names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial details, and transaction records of home buyers, sellers, and agents. Even though the exact contents remain unknown, such data is highly useful for identity theft, tax fraud, and targeted phishing. If your family bought or sold property through RE/MAX 1st Choice Florida, your personal information may now sit in an attacker’s archive, increasing the chance that it surfaces later through sale on underground markets or further extortion attempts.

Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks

Real estate records frequently link physical home addresses to email accounts, phone numbers, and family member names. Threat actors routinely chain this information with credential leaks from other breaches to map entire households. A single exposed email or reused password can lead to account takeovers on banking, email, or social media platforms. Children’s gaming accounts are especially vulnerable because parents often reuse credentials or recovery email addresses tied to the family home. These chains accelerate doxxing, swatting, and long-term identity abuse. Continuous monitoring that understands these linkages is essential because traditional breach alerts rarely reveal the full downstream risk.

Gammax Ransomware Group Track Record

Public reporting attributes Gammax as a relatively new ransomware/extortion operation that emerged in late 2025. The group follows a double-extortion model: it encrypts victim systems and simultaneously exfiltrates data to pressure payment by threatening to publish sensitive files. Prior victims have included small-to-medium businesses across professional services, healthcare, and retail sectors. Like many contemporary ransomware actors, Gammax typically gains initial access through phishing, remote desktop protocol brute-force attacks, or exploited vulnerabilities in public-facing applications. The group maintains its own leak site to publicly shame non-paying victims, a tactic designed to increase pressure on organizations that hope the incident will stay quiet.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your emails, phone numbers, home address, and online handles so you can see exactly what chains back to the RE/MAX 1st Choice exposure.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 15.4 billion breach records and more than 100 platforms; the next time your data appears it will be caught within hours rather than months.
• Rotate any password you have reused at RE/MAX 1st Choice or related real estate portals and switch to 2FA using an authenticator app instead of SMS.
• Cover your entire household with DoxxScan family protection, which extends to dependents and children’s gaming accounts that frequently chain to the same family address or parent email.
• Let remediation specialists handle data-broker takedown requests and opt-out processes that would otherwise require dozens of manual submissions.

The incident underscores how even a single unconfirmed ransomware claim can place ordinary families in the crosshairs of identity thieves for years to come. Treating every such listing as a prompt to act protects you long before the data is sold or leaked further. DoxxScan by GalaxyWarden delivers that protection through continuous monitoring across 15.4B+ breach records and 100+ platforms, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, and hands-on remediation by specialists who also safeguard gaming accounts belonging to you or your children.