Screenshots from the ransomware attack on Scientology's UK headquarters
Yesterday, Cybersecurity news websites reported the hacking of Scientology’s UK headquarters by a criminal ransomware gang known as Qilin.
According to Hackread, in a story that was mirrored by archive.org, Qilin’s method is to access a target’s servers, demand ransom, and if the target does not comply, then to post some of that data online in order to persuade the victim to pay up.
Hackread said that appears to be the case here, where Qilin has posted screenshots indicating that they penetrated deeply into Scientology’s UK servers, and accessed a lot of very sensitive internal information at Advanced Org Saint Hill UK, or AOSHUK, also known as Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, England.
We don’t know if Scientology will be persuaded to pay these criminals over these leaks, but we are interested in Scientology as a criminal organization itself, which extorts the young and the old financially, rips apart families, and forces young women to have abortions, among many other abuses.
So we are interested in what is in the screenshots that Qilin posted at its leak site.
“I haven’t had time to properly review all the documents yet, but from what I’ve seen so far this looks like it could be hugely damaging to Scientology. One document includes an admission there were several people working without visas at Saint Hill, and another details the security expenses for the IAS event,” says former London staffer Alex Barnes-Ross. “There’s also a list of people currently service at London Org, which may give us an indication of just how much Scientology are struggling. I’m looking forward to dissecting this information and seeing what else is released in due course.”
The first thing we were interested in was the 2024 budget for providing security at last year’s IAS gala, a three-day event. The Church of Scientology International (CSI), a US entity, was responsible for £131,497.20, and the local Advanced Org (AOSHUK) was responsible for £28,283.
We note that the largest line item, £74,326, goes to paying professional security for VIPs, including airport pick ups.
And here’s the 2025 version of the same security budget, which came in a little lower, for some reason.
And speaking of security at the IAS event, here was a Completed Staff Work (a CSW is like an internal invoice) from the 2019 event, when Scientology was apparently concerned that protesters would try to “break into the base.” So they hired guard dogs and handlers at £4,147.20.
And hey, IAS eventgoers need to eat. Here’s a CSW from this year asking for the funds to hire some food handling equipment.
For years we’ve been writing about how Scientology misuses the “religious visa” rules in the US in order to bring over cheap workers from overseas. Here’s a document that suggests several workers in the UK don’t have proper visas, and serious money needed to be spent to take care of it.
And here are the other screenshots. We’re going to be very interested in hearing from our readers who are former Scientologists about what is being said in these documents.
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NNCF is New Names to Central Files, one of the statistics they keep. Basically a new contact.
WQSB is Watch Quarter and Station Bill, sort of an assignment chart for the special duties of staff during a drill. Basically staff are being reassigned to special duties, like harassing Alex, during the event weekend.
QM is Quartermaster, basically the staff member assigned to actually stand at the gate and make sure there are no unauthorized entries. On the Apollo this was the guy stationed at the top of the gangway. Manned 24 hours a day in shifts in all Sea Org installations.
A very strange "Knowledge Report." What does it mean, "[blank] is no longer sleeping with other women"??? Is this guy paying hush money to Scientology?
So hilarious that they thought they had to have K9 units to prevent Alex from breaching the perimeter! I think some of the more rambunctious Anon types actually did this years ago, can't imagine Alex doing it.
Don't have time to check the link now, are the redactions in the posted material or did Tony add those?
Obvious evidence of labor trafficking when the employer pays for the "Religious Workers Visa". What are the odds that these "Religious Workers" are mowing lawns and cleaning Dave's office?
Scientology always preaches “YOU PULLED IT IN” — their doctrine that any disaster in your life is your own fault.
Car crash? You pulled it in. Illness? You pulled it in. Getting robbed? You definitely pulled it in.
Well… yesterday, Scientology’s UK headquarters at Saint Hill was hacked by a ransomware gang, and huge amounts of internal data were leaked — budgets, visa violations, confidential staff lists, and documents showing just how badly their orgs are struggling.
So, by their own doctrine…
Did Saint Hill pull in a Russian ransomware gang?
Is this their “bad karma return cycle”?
Where’s the cult’s usual smug victim-blaming wisdom now?
This breach appears massive. Screenshots show deep access into AOSH UK servers, including highly sensitive internal operations, IAS event security budgets, and documents admitting that staff were working without visas. Even former London staffer Alex Barnes-Ross says this could be “hugely damaging,” and that more leaks may be coming.
For decades Scientology has extorted the vulnerable, destroyed families, exploited free labor, and bled its members dry.
Now the mask is slipping — not by critics, but by criminals who’ve exposed the cult’s own internal chaos.
And per Scientology’s own doctrine, there’s only one conclusion:
They pulled it in.