Victim Claim
Austin Plastic Surgery Institute
● Listed in the last 48h
Claimed by
pear
Listed on leak site
20 Aug 2026
Reported attack date
18 Aug 2026
Group claims tracked
38
Unverified claim.
This entry reproduces a listing published by the pear group on its own extortion site.
Attackers routinely exaggerate or fabricate victims. Nothing here confirms that
Austin Plastic Surgery Institute suffered a breach, or what data was actually taken.
About the organisation
A center staffed by highly skilled plastic surgeons
What the listing means
Austin Plastic Surgery Institute appeared on the pear leak site on 20 August 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated — the attack itself is dated 18 August 2026, 2 days before the listing. This group has published 4 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing Austin Plastic Surgery Institute as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on austinpsi.com, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Healthcare organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/QXVzdGluIFBsYXN0aWMgU3VyZ2VyeSBJbnN0aXR1dGVAcGVhcg==
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
