Disney Family
About the organisation
This critical data breach involves Disney Family / Shamrock Holdings, the private investment firm and family office established by Roy E. Disney to manage the wealth of the Disney family branch, rather than the public Walt Disney Company. The compromised dataset, totaling over 800 GB and spanning from the 1980s to June 2026, exposes highly sensitive information across 14 critical categories, including family trusts, tax administration, and private equity fund management. Key victims include prominent figures such as Abigail Disney, Roy P. Disney, and Stanley Gold, whose personal financial records, passports, and KYC documents were leaked alongside detailed trust instruments for the "Disney Grandchildren Trusts." The breach reveals active operational data, including recent payroll records, bank reconciliations with CNB, and subscription agreements for funds like the Shamrock Israel Growth Fund. With unencrypted databases, embedded ERP credentials etc..
What the listing means
Disney Family appeared on the thegentlemen leak site on 23 July 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 134 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing Disney Family as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on shamrock.com, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Financial Services 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/RGlzbmV5IEZhbWlseUB0aGVnZW50bGVtZW4=