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 3, 2026Demanor listed by AiLockon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Demanor is reported in Norway, a country with 11 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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Demanor

Claimed by AiLock · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 3, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: AiLock
Status: Data leaked
Country: Norway
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Mar 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Demanor AS is a leading Norwegian developer of smart and robust lifting solutions for industry, headquartered in Sande i Vestfold, Norway. The company offers a wide range of products including light crane systems, overhead cranes, goods lifts, car lifts, lifting tables, hoists, and associated drives and components. Their solutions are based on quality products from German manufacturer Demag Cranes & Components, tailored to client-specific needs.

Industry: Industrial Lifting Equipment & Crane Solutions
Address: Orhusveien 10, NO-3070 Sande i Vestfold, Norway

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is marked as published, indicating confirmed exfiltration, but no specific sensitive data categories (e.g. PII at scale, financial, medical) are described, no data volume is stated, and no operational disruption to critical infrastructure is claimed.

AiLock claims to have attacked Demanor AS, with the disclosure status indicating data has been published. The leak post describes the company's specialization in customized goods lifts and lifting machines, suggesting exfiltration of company data, though no specific data categories or volume are stated in the post.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Client/customer information
Internal documents

What the group claims

Demanor AS specializes in providing customized goods lifts and lifting machines tailored to the specific needs and conditions of their clients.

Sources

Victim sitedemanor.no

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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