Was National Aerospace Fasteners hit by ransomware?

National Aerospace Fasteners was listed by the worldleaks ransomware operation (Taiwan), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the worldleaks ransomware group?

worldleaks is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the National Aerospace Fasteners breach?

worldleaks published data attributed to National Aerospace Fasteners. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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National Aerospace Fasteners

Claimed by Worldleaks · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedApr 2, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Worldleaks
Status: Data leaked
Country: Taiwan
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Apr 2, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

National Aerospace Fasteners Corporation is a Taiwan-based manufacturer specializing in high-strength fasteners for the aerospace sector. Its product range includes bolts, screws, studs, and nuts used in critical aircraft components such as engines, fuselages, and landing gear. The company produces fastening solutions that conform to strict aerospace industry standards.

Industry: Aerospace Fasteners Manufacturing

Attack summary

Severity: high — The disclosure status is data_published, confirming exfiltration and release of data from a supplier to the aerospace/defence industry. Aerospace component manufacturers handle sensitive technical specifications, supply chain data, and potentially export-controlled information, making any confirmed data publication significant even without an itemised inventory.

The worldleaks group has disclosed data from National Aerospace Fasteners Corporation, with the post marked as data_published, indicating exfiltration and publication of company data. No specific ransom demand or data size was stated in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Internal company files
Aerospace manufacturing data

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

National Aerospace Fasteners Corporation is a Taiwan-based company primarily engaged in the manufacture and sale of high-strength fasteners for aerospace. Its main products include bolts, screws, studs, and nuts, which are used in engines, fuselages, landing gear, and other aircraft applications. The company offers fastening solutions that meet strict aerospace industry standards.

Sources

Victim sitewww.nafco.com.tw
Leak posthttps://worldleaksartrjm3c6vasllvgacbi5u3mgzkluehrzhk2jz4taufuid.onion/companies/5731562994

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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Disclosure context

About worldleaks

Based on the limited available data, worldleaks is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in May 2025 and appears to be primarily financially motivated, having claimed 134 victims in a relatively short timeframe since its emergence. The group's origin and organizational structure remain unclear, with no publicly documented information from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their country of origin, potential affiliations, or operational model. Their targeting patterns indicate a focus on English-speaking countries, particularly the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, with additional activity observed in Germany and Japan, while their sector targeting shows a preference for healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and consumer services organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation by established threat intelligence sources, specific details about their attack methodologies, encryption techniques, extortion tactics, and notable campaigns have not yet been comprehensively analyzed or reported by organizations such as CISA, FBI, or major cybersecurity research firms. The group appears to remain active as of the most recent observations, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiling awaits further analysis and documentation by established cybersecurity authorities. The group has been linked to 173 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 18, 2025; most recent post July 2, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 2, 2026National Aerospace Fasteners listed by worldleakson the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by worldleaks

worldleaks has been linked to 173 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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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, National Aerospace Fasteners is reported in Taiwan, a country with 55 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by worldleaks means National Aerospace Fasteners 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on worldleaks's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.