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Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ...

Listed by Blacknevas on · organisation based in Canada

www.therg.ca

Disclosed
Aug 12, 2026
Leak-site listing date
Threat group
Blacknevas
50 victims listed
Country
Canada
#3 most targeted
Sector
Professional Services

ThreatAI analysis

Compiled from this incident record and the threat intelligence profile for Blacknevas. Figures and technique mappings are quoted from the source data, not inferred.

About Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ...

Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd. is a Canadian customs brokerage company currently operating under the brand name The Rutherford Group. The company provides comprehensive logistics services, primarily: customs brokerage (import and export clearance, clearance through Canadian and US customs, compliance consulting, CARM, surety bonds, etc.). They have PIP (Partners in Protection) status.Transportation: shipping within Canada, the US, and internationally.Warehousing: bonded warehouses (including CBSA sufferance), pick & pack, storage, including FDA-certified warehouses in Port Huron, Michigan.The company was founded in 1974 by Jack Rutherford in Stratford, Ontario. Now a family-owned business (second generation – John Rutherford), it positions itself as a one-stop shop for cross-border logistics.

Source record: ransomware.live

About the Blacknevas group

BlackNevas is a ransomware group first observed in November 2024, believed to be derived from the Trigona ransomware family, targeting telecommunications, manufacturing, medical, and legal industries primarily in Asia-Pacific, the UK, Italy, and Lithuania using double-extortion with a dual AES/RSA encryption scheme. Blacknevas has listed 47 victims since April 2023.

Incident analysis

Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... was listed by Blacknevas ransomware, a group with 50 victims recorded in this database. The listing appeared on the group's leak site on August 12, 2026.

Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... is based in Canada and operates in the Professional Services sector. Canada ranks #3 worldwide for ransomware disclosures, with 974 victims in this database.

Sector context. Organisations in this sector hold valuable data and operational systems that ransomware groups seek to exploit for financial gain through encryption and data exfiltration.

Blacknevas typically follows a double extortion model: data is exfiltrated from the victim's systems before files are encrypted, so the victim faces two demands at once — pay to restore access, and pay to keep stolen data unpublished. The leak site, where this listing appeared, is the lever for the second demand.

Source. Public leak-site disclosures aggregated via the ransomware.live API. The disclosure date is when the listing was published, which can differ from the date of compromise. This site does not publish or link to stolen data. Last updated .

Frequently asked questions

Was Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... attacked by ransomware?

Yes. Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... was listed as a victim of the Blacknevas ransomware group on August 12, 2026. The organisation is based in Canada and operates in the Professional Services sector. The disclosure appeared on the group's dark web leak site.

Which ransomware group attacked Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ...?

Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... was attacked by Blacknevas ransomware. Blacknevas is one of the most active ransomware groups, having claimed 50 victims globally. The group typically employs a double-extortion model: encrypting the victim's files and threatening to publish stolen data.

When did the Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... ransomware attack occur?

The ransomware attack on Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... was disclosed on August 12, 2026. This date reflects when the victim was published on the threat group's leak site, which may differ from the actual date of initial compromise.

What data was stolen in the Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... ransomware attack?

The specific data stolen from Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... has not been independently verified by this platform. Ransomware groups typically exfiltrate data before encrypting systems and use the threat of publication to pressure victims. As a Professional Services organisation, Jack Rutherford Customs Brokers Ltd / The Rutherford Group www.therg.ca serviced by an IT ... likely held sensitive business data, client information, and operational records.

How can organisations protect against Blacknevas attacks?

To defend against Blacknevas and similar threat actors, organisations should: maintain regular offline backups tested for restoration; implement network segmentation to limit lateral movement; deploy multi-factor authentication on all remote access; use endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools; conduct regular phishing and security awareness training; and monitor threat intelligence feeds for indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with active groups.