First 4 Recruitment

First 4 Recruitment was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to beast in January 2026. The organization, operating in the Business Services sector in United Kingdom, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

beast operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

First 4 Recruitment is a prominent recruitment agency based in the North West, specializing in the Industrial, Logistics, Construction, and Commercial sectors.