2026 Max Fordham — Qilin leak-site claim (unverified)
Data compromised
No sample data or record count published on the Qilin listing at catalog time—client project files, employee records, and engineering deliverables potentially at risk if claim proves true
Technical writeup
Unverified leak-site claim — indexed July 6, 2026. Ransomware.live recorded Qilin adding Max Fordham (www.maxfordham.com), a UK building-services and environmental engineering consultancy, with an estimated attack date of July 6, 2026. The listing included a leak-site screenshot but no data samples, ransom terms, or attested volumes. Max Fordham had not issued a public breach notice at catalog time. BreachHistory catalogs the named Qilin listing labeled unverified; recordsAffected 0 pending company or regulator attestation.
Root cause
Unverified Qilin ransomware-group leak-site listing for UK building-services consultancy Max Fordham LLP—Max Fordham had not confirmed at catalog time