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NTN Bearing Corporation of America

Claimed by Payouts King · listed 2 months ago

2m
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedMay 13, 2026
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Payouts King
Status
Data leaked
Country
United States
Sector
Manufacturing
Listed on leak site
May 13, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

NTN Bearing Corporation of America is the US subsidiary of NTN Corporation, one of the world's largest manufacturers of bearings, constant velocity joints, and precision industrial components. The company serves automotive, aerospace, industrial, and heavy-duty markets across North America, operating as part of a global network of over 75 plants. It supplies OEM and aftermarket customers across a wide range of industries including defense, agriculture, rail, and wind energy.

Industry
Precision Bearings & Power Transmission Components Manufacturing
Address
1600 E. Bishop Court, Mount Prospect, IL 60056, USA
Employees
1001-5000
Founded
1963

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The disclosure includes confirmed exfiltration of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) tied to a US Army defense program (JLTV), PII for over 7,500 employees, and sensitive financial and contractual data. The defense-related technical drawings carry statutory liability under DoD Directive 5230.25, elevating this to a critical national-security-adjacent incident involving both regulated personal data and export-controlled/defense information.

The group claims to have exfiltrated sensitive data including engineering drawings and 3D models related to the US Army Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program marked under DoD Directive 5230.25 (Controlled Unclassified Information), personal data on 7,500+ employees, financial statements, quality testing reports, and contracts, with data published and file paths provided as proof.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • JLTV program engineering drawings and 3D models (CUI, ~100 PDF files)
  • Employee PII (7,500+ individuals)
  • Financial statements
  • Quality testing reports
  • Contracts
  • JSOX internal control documentation
  • FY2026 operating business plan / cost sharing data
  • Pension non-key controls documentation
  • Oshkosh subcontractor drawings (FOC RFQ)

The group's post references roughly 100 proof files.

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

NTN Bearing Corporation of America is a US-based subsidiary of Japan's NTN Corporation, operating in the industrial manufacturing sector. The company produces and distributes precision bearings, driveshafts, and related mechanical components used in automotive, aerospace, and industrial machinery applications. Headquartered in Mount Prospect, Illinois, it serves customers across North America with engineering support and distribution services.

The leak post

captured from the group's site
###  NTN Bearing Corporation of America 
NTN Bearing is a producer of ball and roller bearings, with plants around the globe and a strong, domestic manufacturing network.
Drawings and 3D models for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Family of Vehicles (FoV) Program US ARMY Approximately 100 PDF files marked within Directive 5230.25 Liability: Up to $1.2 million for each (!) violation (each file or each person accessed may be considered a separate incident). Up to $1 million for each violation for the corporation itself. Personal data for 7,500+ employees - Up to $2,500 for data on one person Points of interest for competitors: Financial statements, Quality testing reports, Contracts 
\RAMPSVFS01\D\ntnusa\Executive\NTN USA\Internal Control America's\FY 25\JSOX\NTN USA\Process Test\PBC\Pension\Non-Key Controls\ 
\RAMPSVFS01\D\ntnusa\Executive\NTN USA\300 事業計画(Plan)\FY2026 OBP\3 from Subs\Cost Sharing\ 
\RAMPSVFS01\D\common\CUI\Oshkosh\Oshkosh Drawings\FOC RFQ 95527\FOC RFQ 95527\

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Payouts King

Payouts King Group. We are not RaaS. No affiliates are accepted. We use Tox messaging protocol. The group has been linked to 100 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 7, 2025; most recent post May 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: payoutsking.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • May 13, 2026NTN Bearing Corporation of America listed by Payouts Kingon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Payouts King

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 3,681 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, NTN Bearing Corporation of America is reported in United States, a country with 3,115 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Payouts King means NTN Bearing Corporation of America appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

  • Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
  • Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
  • Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
  • Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on Payouts King's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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