Zara Investment Holding
payload listed this organization on its leak site on Aug 13, 2026.
- Listing date
- Aug 13, 2026
- Attack date
- Aug 13, 2026
Listing text
Zara Investment Holding (zaraholding.com) is a leading Jordanian investment group established in 1994. The company specializes in the tourism and hospitality sector, serving as the largest owner of five-star hotels and luxury resorts in key destinations across the country, including Amman, Petra, and the Dead Sea. Playing a vital role in Jordan's economy, the holding provides approximately 30% of the nation's total five-star hotel capacity.
About the group
payload posted its first listing on Feb 17, 2026 and has listed 98 organizations to date.
Payload is a ransomware group that emerged in early 2026, using Babuk-derived source code targeting both Windows and ESXi systems with cross-platform double-extortion attacks against healthcare, energy, real estate, and agriculture sectors, claiming 12 victims across seven countries within hours of launching its leak site.
Learning center
What does this listing mean?
Ransomware groups move data out of the organization before encrypting systems and threaten to publish it if the ransom is not paid. This method is called double extortion.
The listing shows that the group claims to have targeted the organization. Whether the data was published is shown by the later status of the listing.
What should you do if your organization is listed on a leak site?
- Record the listing and any published sample files; do not visit the leak site from the corporate network.
- Isolate affected systems and preserve logs without deleting them.
- Determine which data left the organization; if personal data is involved, review notification obligations with your legal team.
- Make any decision about the ransom demand together with legal, management and incident response.
- Do not bring systems back online before the attacker’s entry point is closed.
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