Empower Group

Empower Group was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to dragonforce in April 2026. The organization, operating in the Business Services 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.

Empower Group has positioned itself in this space as a hub for it's clients to access these different types of funding products. Empower Group has leveraged partnerships with the top lenders in the space to better service Empower Group's client's specific needs. Through Empower Group's relationships, with access to more than 40 private finance institutions, Empower Group prides ourselves at being able to meet Empower Group's clients right where they are to service their specific needs for working capital. Empower Group is committed to continually growing and evolving with the industry as a service to Empower Group's partners; both business owners and lenders alike.

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.