Disclosure context

About AiLock

AiLock is an emerging ransomware group first observed in March 2026 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted at least 24 known victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad operational scope spanning the United States, Canada, Great Britain, China, and Germany. Based on publicly available information from security researchers, AiLock appears to focus on technology companies, consumer services, manufacturing, and public sector entities, though specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been extensively documented by CISA, FBI, or major security firms. The group's relatively recent emergence and limited public documentation suggest they may be a smaller operation or newly formed entity, with no notable major campaigns or high-profile ransoms publicly reported by established threat intelligence sources. Given the March 2026 first observation date and lack of subsequent major public reporting, AiLock's current operational status and capabilities remain largely undetermined by mainstream cybersecurity organizations. The group has been linked to 34 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 3, 2026; most recent post May 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 12, 2026England Hockey listed by AiLockon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Public Sector sector, which has 259 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, England Hockey is reported in United Kingdom, a country with 902 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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England Hockey

Claimed by AiLock · listed 2 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: AiLock
Status: Data leaked
Country: United Kingdom
Sector: Public Sector
Listed on leak site: Mar 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

England Hockey is the national governing body responsible for the management and development of hockey in England, serving both grassroots and elite levels. It oversees competitions, leagues, coaching, officiating, safeguarding, and talent development programmes across clubs, schools, and international squads. The organisation also manages events such as the FIH Hockey Pro League and EuroHockey Championships.

Industry: National Sports Governing Body (Hockey)
Employees: 51-200

Attack summary

Severity: high — England Hockey holds personally identifiable information on members including minors, safeguarding and DBS records, and coaching/officiating data. The disclosed status is 'data_published', indicating confirmed exfiltration and release of data that likely includes regulated and sensitive personal information, including data pertaining to children.

AiLock claims to have attacked England Hockey and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), though the leak post does not specify whether encryption or exfiltration occurred, nor does it detail the volume or nature of the data involved.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Organisational/administrative data
Member and player records
Club and competition management data
Coaching and officiating records
Safeguarding and DBS-related information

What the group claims

England Hockey is the national governing body responsible for the management and development of hockey in England, catering to both grassroots and elite levels.The organization offers a range of services including competitions, events, coaching, and officiating programs.

Sources

Victim siteenglandhockey.co.uk

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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