fivestates.com

fivestates.com was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to dragonforce in February 2026. The organization, operating in the Financial 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.

Five States Energy is a private investment firm based in Dallas, Texas, with over 30 years of experience in the energy sector. The company specializes in acquiring producing oil and natural gas properties, primarily focusing on independent, onshore operators and working interest owners across various regions in the U.S. Recently

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.