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Brainhunter Companies LLC. and Brainhunter Systems Ltd.

www.brainhunter.com
Group Dark Project New Group
Discovered 2026-08-05 13:08 UTC
Est. attack date 2026-08-03
Country US
Sector
Agriculture and Food Production Education Energy & Utilities Financial Services Government & Defense Healthcare Hospitality Manufacturing Other Professional Services Retail & E-Commerce Technology Transportation
This is an emerging group, so this claim should be treated with caution until independently verified.

Description:

About Brainhunter Companies LLC. and Brainhunter Systems Ltd. Founded in 1995, Brainhunter is an employment agency providing staffing and recruiting services to engineers, information technology, healthcare, and industrial sectors. Brainhunter also offers workplace management products, solutions and consulting, payroll and compliance services, and more. Brainhunter is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. As a result of the attack on Brainhunter, more than 160 GB of the company's confidential data was stolen, including banking and financial documents, as well as the personal data of employees and customers. At this time, approximately 320,000 files remain unprotected by Brainhunter Foundation.
Infostealer activity detected by HudsonRock

Compromised Employees: 0

Compromised Users: 2469

Third Party Employee Credentials: 1

External Attack Surface: 53

DNS Records:

The following DNS records were found for the victim's domain.

WHOIS Emails
  • domainsupportvastcom.net
  • domainabusetucows.com
MX Records
  • brainhunter-com.mail.protection.outlook.com. Microsoft 365
TXT Records
  • _prjgmu3fj4uhvqbe2w0rf7k0h451ffr
  • /DB7eMbnGF3Itux3sZXLoJRkQcAONl7orYjXb7kNZEjsM8p3aX6Cv7Jb7sMPREKLlVVOjGGkBquKhos7il1LNg==
  • MS=AA9D57E38BC84297BD8FF3F950696D0817AE4843
  • v=spf1 ip4:216.13.131.90 a:mail.brainhunter.com a:_spf.bullhornmail.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all
Cloud / SaaS Services Detected
No well-known cloud or SaaS service detected.

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