Erickson Thorpe & Swainston

Erickson Thorpe & Swainston was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to dragonforce in February 2026. The organization, operating in an undisclosed sector in United States, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

dragonforce 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.

The law firm of Erickson, Thorpe & Swainston was founded in 1969. Since then, the firm has effectively and successfully represented its clients in state and federal courts in Nevada and Northern California. As experienced trial and appellate attorneys, we vigorously defend our clients' interests while remaining committed to the highest legal ethics.

Intelligence correlations link this incident to 1 vulnerability(ies) including CVE-2025-5777, which may have been leveraged as initial access vectors or for lateral movement.