Was Kymco hit by ransomware?

Kymco was listed by the Spacebears ransomware operation (Taiwan), 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 Spacebears ransomware group?

Spacebears 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 Kymco breach?

Spacebears published data attributed to Kymco. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Kymco

Claimed by Spacebears · listed 5 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedFeb 17, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Spacebears
Status: Data leaked
Country: Taiwan
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Feb 17, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

KYMCO (Kwang Yang Motor Co.) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of motorcycles, scooters, electric vehicles, ATVs, and mobility scooters. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, the company sells products domestically and internationally under the KYMCO brand, and also develops connected vehicle technology through its Noodoe and Ionex platforms.

Industry: Motorcycle & Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
Employees: 1001-5000
Founded: 1963

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is marked as published, indicating confirmed exfiltration claim; however, no specific data types, volume, or proof files are described in the post, and the leak post content is mismatched with the victim, reducing confidence in the scope and sensitivity of the exposure.

The Spacebears group has listed KYMCO under a 'data_published' disclosure status, claiming exfiltration of company data. Notably, the leak post text appears to describe Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine rather than KYMCO, suggesting a possible misattribution or copy-paste error in the threat actor's post.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company internal data (nature unspecified)

What the group claims

Kymco (Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.) - Taiwanese company founded in 1963, specializing in the production of motorcycles, scooters, and electric vehicles. It is known for offering a wide range of high-quality products, from small scooters to sport motorcycles and e-bikes. The company actively integrates innovative technologies, including electric drivetrains and advanced control systems, positioning itself as a leader in the market. Kymco also has a strong global presence, exporting its products to over 100 countries. Additionally, the company is committed to developing eco-friendly transportation solutions, such as electric scooters and e-bikes.- Patent and Innovation Data- Financial Data- Customer and Partner Data- 3D models of developments- Schematics and test results- Much more https://www.kymco.com.tw

The leak post

captured from the group's site

## Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (formerly known as Janssen Pharmaceuticals) is the pharmaceutical division of the American corporation Johnson & Johnson, specializing in the development and production of revolutionary medicines. The company focuses on creating treatments for the most complex diseases, transforming the future of healthcare.

Sources

Victim sitewww.kymco.com.tw
Leak posthttp://5butbkrljkaorg5maepuca25oma7eiwo6a2rlhvkblb4v6mf3ki2ovid.onion/companies/117/kymco

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Spacebears

Spacebears is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in April 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors and geographic regions. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their targeting pattern suggests a professional operation focused on maximizing financial returns rather than geopolitical objectives. With 117 known victims since their emergence, Spacebears has shown particular focus on organizations in the United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Canada, with their attacks primarily affecting technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and business services sectors, indicating they likely employ opportunistic targeting rather than sector-specific specialization. Their attack methodology, initial access vectors, and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in public reporting from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies, limiting detailed analysis of their operational procedures and tools. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited public intelligence reporting, notable high-profile campaigns and specific victim details remain largely undocumented in established threat intelligence channels. The group's current operational status appears active given their recent emergence timeline, though comprehensive analysis is constrained by the lack of detailed public reporting from authoritative cybersecurity sources. The group has been linked to 185 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 29, 2024; most recent post July 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: space bears.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 17, 2026Kymco listed by Spacebearson the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Spacebears

Spacebears has been linked to 185 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 Manufacturing sector, which has 3,681 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Kymco is reported in Taiwan, a country with 71 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Spacebears means Kymco 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on Spacebears'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.