Was Acies Srl hit by ransomware?

Acies Srl was listed by the 8Base ransomware operation (Italy), 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 8Base ransomware group?

8Base 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 Acies Srl breach?

8Base published data attributed to Acies Srl. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Acies Srl

Claimed by 8Base · listed 2 years ago

28m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedFeb 28, 2024
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: 8Base
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Feb 28, 2024

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Acies Srl is an Italian electronics design and manufacturing company founded in 2001, specializing in high-performance analog, digital, power and RF electronics. They produce precision instruments including 3D scanner electronics, USB3 cameras, computer vision systems, nuclear detectors, and aerospace/space-qualified components for clients including CERN and ESA.

Industry: Specialized Electronics & Instrumentation Manufacturing
Founded: 2001

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Confirmed data publication of technical and design information from a specialized electronics manufacturer with sensitive clients (CERN, ESA, nuclear sector, medical devices). While not directly regulated PII at scale, the exfiltration of proprietary technical designs and customer project information for a defense/space-adjacent supplier represents moderate to significant business impact.

8Base claims to have accessed Acies Srl's systems and exfiltrated data. The group has published the company information and design details on their leak site.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Product design documentation
Electronics schematics and specifications
Technical proprietary information
Customer project details
Software and firmware source code or documentation

What the group claims

Acies Srl, thanks to the know-how gained from extensive experience gained through numerous partnerships with organizations such as CERN and ESA, as well as companies operating in the electromedical and nuclear sectors, positions itself as a company for the design, development and production of products, often also adapted to customer needs, to meet the diverse needs of the world, constantly changing technologies. Design and manufacture: - Electronics (HW and SW) for 3D scanners and projectors for the industrial and dental sector - USB3 cameras for the industrial sector (stand–alone) - computer vision systems and LED illuminators for infrared cameras, LED level indicators and white LED headlights for ambient lighting.www.aciesinstruments.com

Sources

Victim siteaciesinstruments.com
Leak posthttp://xb6q2aggycmlcrjtbjendcnnwpmmwbosqaugxsqb4nx6cmod3emy7sad.onion/company/7890394

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About 8Base

8Base is a ransomware group that emerged in May 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a rapid escalation in activity with 458 documented victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented by major security agencies, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation targeting predominantly Western markets. Based on publicly available victim data, 8Base appears to focus on opportunistic attacks against business services and manufacturing sectors, with the United States representing their primary target geography, followed by France, Brazil, Italy, and the United Kingdom, indicating a preference for developed economies with established digital infrastructure. The group has notably impacted healthcare and technology sectors alongside their primary business services focus, suggesting a broad targeting approach rather than sector-specific specialization. Given the group's recent emergence in 2023 and continued victim accumulation across diverse geographic and sectoral targets, 8Base appears to remain active as of current reporting periods, though detailed technical methodologies, specific attack vectors, and notable high-profile campaigns have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting from major security agencies. The group has been linked to 458 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 23, 2023; most recent post February 1, 2025. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 28, 2024Acies Srl listed by 8Baseon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by 8Base

8Base has been linked to 458 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 Technology sector, which has 3,549 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Acies Srl is reported in Italy, a country with 635 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by 8Base means Acies Srl 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, CSIRT Italia (Italy), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on 8Base'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.