CFGI Management

On March 9, 2026, the name of CFGI Management, a US-based financial consulting and business advisory firm operating at cfgi.com, appeared on a dark web leak site alongside a dataset the posters said came from the company's systems. According to our investigation team, the indexed data covers 373,270 rows of records tied to the firm. The listing on Ransomware.live attributes the intrusion to ShinyHunters, a group known for large-scale extortion campaigns, and includes a claimed statement that negotiations with the company failed. CFGI has not published a detailed public notice about the incident that we could verify, and no formal victim count has been confirmed.

Limited public reporting: As of September 25, 2026, detailed company notices or major news coverage for this listing were limited in sources reviewed. The facts below rely primarily on the indexed fields plus any secondary sources cited.

Breach Timeline

March 9, 2026: Ransomware.live recorded CFGI Management (cfgi.com) as a newly listed victim, with an estimated attack date of the same day.

March 10, 2026: The Ransomware.live entry was updated with the attackers' claimed description, which states that more than 800,000 records containing personal information and internal corporate data were taken.

March 14, 2026: Brinztech published an intelligence alert describing the leaked dataset, including what it reported as structured exports with contact details, job information, and system identifiers.

What Information Was Compromised?

Our analysis found the following data types in this breach: names for 373,270 individuals, email addresses for 256,659, phone numbers for 129,242, street addresses for 169,805, and Social Security numbers for 4 individuals.

The Social Security number count is small relative to the overall dataset, but even a handful of exposed SSNs carries serious risk for the people involved. Secondary reporting by Brinztech, based on samples of the leak, also described job titles, department information, and identifiers linked to internal business systems, though those additional fields have not been independently confirmed by our team.

Not every individual is affected by every type of data listed here.

What Are the Potential Risks for Affected Individuals?

Contact data at this scale is most often used for targeted phishing. Someone holding a person's name, work email, phone number, and address can craft convincing messages that reference real details, making fraudulent emails, texts, and calls harder to spot. Because CFGI serves finance and private equity clients, criminals may also use the contact lists to impersonate the firm or its staff when approaching clients and business partners.

For the small number of people whose Social Security numbers were exposed, the risk extends to identity theft, including fraudulent credit applications and tax-related fraud. Address exposure adds a physical dimension, such as mailed scam letters or attempted impersonation in person.

What Should You Do If You Were Affected?

If you believe your information is in this dataset, take these steps:

Be skeptical of unexpected contact. Treat emails, calls, or letters claiming to come from CFGI, its partners, or its clients with caution, especially if they reference your personal details. Verify requests through known contact information, not links or numbers supplied in the message.

Change and diversify passwords. If you used the same password on any CFGI-related account as elsewhere, update it and use a unique password for each service. A password manager can help.

Turn on multi-factor authentication for your email and financial accounts, ideally using an authenticator app or hardware key rather than text messages.

If your Social Security number was exposed, consider placing a fraud alert or credit freeze with the major credit bureaus and review your credit reports for unfamiliar activity.

Watch for follow-up scams. Attackers often reuse breach data months later, so stay alert to phishing attempts well beyond the initial disclosure.