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AmSpec

Claimed by HELIX · listed 21 hours ago

1019.2 MB
Data size
2359 files records
Today
Age
since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

  1. ListedAug 23, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group
HELIX
Status
Listed for ransom
Listed on leak site
Aug 23, 2026
Data size
1019.2 MB
Records
2359 files

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

AmSpec is a company that has been listed as a victim in a ransomware disclosure by the HELIX group. Limited public information is available from the leak post itself.

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Confirmed exfiltration of business data (SharePoint libraries) with staged release, but no specific data types (PII, financial, medical) are explicitly named in the post. The 1019.2 MB data size and tiered release mechanism indicate moderate operational significance, but sensitivity level is unclear.

The HELIX group claims to have exfiltrated data from AmSpec, with stolen content staged in SharePoint libraries across four tiers (T1–T4). Data is being released on a time-locked cadence, with T1 unlocking on a 24-hour cycle and subsequent tiers following at 24-hour intervals per tier.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • SharePoint libraries
  • business documents

What the group claims

AmSpec is live. T1 unlocks on the current 24-hour cadence, then 24 hours per remaining tier.

The leak post

captured from the group's site
Published feeds. Opening a feed leaves this page for the board.
[ AmSpec is live. T1 unlocks on the current 24-hour cadence, then 24 hours per remaining tier. · Operator · Board live ](http://helixr2sncrd3ndsz5oho6mzqw3x5u7mvox5zcsngc5wm7v4l5k7oryd.onion/p/05d7e14bd3e7d7efce2406aad744dc6daa15edfbca7d38cb8ced622125d3c989) [ Delek US is live. T1 unlocks in 12 hours, then 24 hours per remaining tier. · Operator · Board live ](http://helixr2sncrd3ndsz5oho6mzqw3x5u7mvox5zcsngc5wm7v4l5k7oryd.onion/p/169f107db2a3ef002d03c665c3adf1f71560d1c5463ef35f720a9d5062f80d4b) [ Kennedy Jenks is live. T1–T3 are unlocked. T4 in 24 hours. · Operator · Board live ](http://helixr2sncrd3ndsz5oho6mzqw3x5u7mvox5zcsngc5wm7v4l5k7oryd.onion/p/1ba8b0df41a617631d09ae43a2bb4a5748b5b3f2b1cd007251bb3598a5ddcf44) [ Westland reached out, got the full demand, then stalled with no serious number. Contacting us and dragging process is not negotiation. · Operator · Board live ](http://helixr2sncrd3ndsz5oho6mzqw3x5u7mvox5zcsngc5wm7v4l5k7oryd.onion/p/380506d310d5417b836512938f95a302a7fb021fbe54b9f392da079aaf9ade1e) [ Morguard reached out, took extensions, then ignored the negotiation with no real offer. Contacting us and s…

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for AmSpec

Sources

Source

Indexed 21 hours ago

This page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.

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Disclosure context

About HELIX

HELIX is an active ransomware group with 10 confirmed victims as of August 2026, operating one onion leak site. The small victim tally points to either a recent entry or selective targeting. The group has been linked to 25 public disclosures across our corpus. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • August 23, 2026AmSpec listed by HELIXon the group's public leak site
Data size
1019.2 MB
Records
2359 files

Other recent disclosures by HELIX

HELIX has been linked to 25 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full HELIX dossier →

If your organisation is affected

A listing by HELIX means AmSpec appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. 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 HELIX'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.