Disclosure context

About beast

The Beast ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in July 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations through their ransomware campaigns. With limited public documentation available from major security agencies, the group has demonstrated activity primarily targeting victims across the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, South Korea, and Argentina, accumulating approximately 65 known victims since their emergence. Their targeting pattern shows a focus on healthcare organizations, manufacturing companies, educational institutions, and construction firms, suggesting an opportunistic approach rather than highly specialized sector expertise. The group's recent emergence means there is insufficient public intelligence from CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other established security researchers regarding their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, or technical capabilities. Given the timeline of their first observation in mid-2025, Beast represents an active and emerging threat with their current operational status remaining unclear due to limited threat intelligence reporting from authoritative sources. The group has been linked to 75 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2025; most recent post May 21, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 24, 2026SAIC Motor Corporation listed by beaston the group's public leak site

Ransom demanded: $23.83

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, SAIC Motor Corporation is reported in China, a country with 29 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

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.

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SAIC Motor Corporation

Claimed by beast · listed 3 months ago

$23.83

Ransom

demanded

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 24, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: beast
Status: Data leaked
Country: China
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Feb 24, 2026
Ransom demanded: $23.83

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

SAIC Motor Corporation Limited is the largest state-owned automobile manufacturer in China and one of the 'Big Four' in the country's automotive industry. Headquartered in Shanghai, the company's business covers the development, manufacture, and sale of passenger and commercial vehicles, as well as auto parts and financial services. The company has a market capitalization of approximately $23.83–$23.9 billion USD.

Industry: Automotive Manufacturing
Address: Shanghai, China
Employees: 100000+
Founded: 1955

Attack summary

Severity: high — SAIC Motor is a massive state-owned enterprise with over 100,000 employees and ~$23.9B market cap; data has been published by the group, indicating confirmed exfiltration at scale from a strategically significant national industrial target, though the specific data categories and volume are unconfirmed.

The Beast ransomware group claims to have attacked SAIC Motor Corporation and has published data ('data_published' status), though the specific nature of data exfiltrated or encrypted is not detailed in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate business data
Automotive manufacturing records
Financial services data
Auto parts records

What the group claims

SAIC Motor Corporation Limited is the largest state-owned automobile manufacturer in China and one of the "Big Four" in the country's automotive industry. Headquartered in Shanghai, the company's business covers the development, manufacture, and sale of passenger and commercial vehicles, as well as auto parts and financial services Market Capitalization (USD): approx. $23.83 � $23.9 Billion.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

[ 2fORM Architecture specializes in innovative sustainable architecture, offering design services for residential, commercial, and interior projects. Their portfolio includes a diverse range of developments, such as multi-family housing, health care facilities, and various remodels. The company aims to serve clients in the Pacific Northwest, including individual homeowners, businesses, and institutions. With a commitment to sustainability and creativity, 2fORM Architecture enhances the built environment through thoughtful design. ](http://beast6azu4f7fxjakiayhnssybibsgjnmy77a6duufqw5afjzfjhzuqd.onion/card/2form_architecture)[ ACMARK s r o is a company that operates in the Repair Services industry. It employs 10to19 people and has 1Mto5M of revenue. The company is headquartered in Brno, South Moravian, Czech Republic. ](http://beast6azu4f7fxjakiayhnssybibsgjnmy77a6duufqw5afjzfjhzuqd.onion/card/acmark)[ AJU Pharm Co., Ltd. is a prominent South Korean total healthcare company founded in 1953. For over 70 years, it has evolved from a manufacturer of raw materials into a global pharmaceutical group specializing in prescription drugs, medical devices, and health supplements P U B L I S H…

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for SAIC Motor Corporation

Sources

Victim site-
Leak posthttp://beast6azu4f7fxjakiayhnssybibsgjnmy77a6duufqw5afjzfjhzuqd.onion/card/saic_motor_corporation

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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