Hunter, a cold-email outreach platform created by Antoine Finkelstein and François Grante in 2015, was claimed to have exposed personal employee/client information, databases, financial documents, and other files. The spacebears ransomware threat actor’s allegations are linked to impacted victims in #Ireland
Incident Details
- Victim: Hunter
- Sector: Not Found
- Country: IE
- Actor: spacebears
- Source: http://5butbkrljkaorg5maepuca25oma7eiwo6a2rlhvkblb4v6mf3ki2ovid.onion/companies/40/hunter
- Discovered: 2026-05-26T05:27:05.984028+00:00
- Published: 2026-05-19T00:00:00+00:00
Information
- Hunter was created by Antoine Finkelstein and François Grante in 2015, based on the idea of using publicly available web emails to improve prospecting while respecting privacy regulations.
- Originally launched as Email Hunter and later rebranded, the platform quickly gained popularity for its user-friendly interface, browser extension, affordable pricing, and accurate data.
- Rather than targeting large enterprises, Hunter focused on making cold emailing accessible to everyone.
- Over time, it evolved into a full email outreach platform, expanding from contact discovery to cold email sending tools.
- The company, supported by a dedicated team, continued to build simple and effective tools for professionals.
- The incident involved personal information of employees and clients.
- Database files were also affected.
- Financial documents were included among the compromised data.
- Other files were also exposed.
- Official website: https://hunter.io/
Disclaimer: This post is based on public claims made by the ransomware group "spacebears". I cannot confirm the accuracy of the information. However, I would be happy to share any official statement from the affected organization to provide clarification.