Disclosure context

About threeam

Threeam is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in September 2023, operating as a relatively new player in the ransomware ecosystem with 64 documented victims across multiple countries and sectors. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from major security agencies, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad opportunistic approach rather than nation-state backing. Based on available victim data, Threeam appears to employ common initial access vectors targeting organizations across business services, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology sectors, with the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Brazil representing their primary geographic focus areas. While specific technical details about their encryption methods and extortion tactics have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms, their emergence in late 2023 and victim count suggests they have established operational capabilities within the competitive ransomware landscape. The group's current operational status remains active based on the recency of their emergence, though detailed law enforcement actions or disruption efforts have not been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or other major security organizations. The group has been linked to 73 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 14, 2023; most recent post May 1, 2026. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 1, 2026aceforwarding.com listed by threeamon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation/Logistics sector, which has 847 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, aceforwarding.com is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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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aceforwarding.com

Claimed by threeam · listed 20 days ago

19d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 1, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: threeam
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Transportation/Logistics
Listed on leak site: May 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

ACE Forwarding is a US-based freight forwarding and logistics company founded in 1994 in the Detroit, Michigan area. The company provides air freight, expedited ground transport, crating, international forwarding, intermodal, and warehousing services to industries including aerospace, automotive, retail, and medical. It operates a fleet of over 30 company-owned vehicles and maintains government contractor credentials (CAGE Code: 9VCX5; UEI: JQVVGJ35HK77).

Industry: Freight Forwarding & Logistics
Address: Detroit, Michigan area, United States (precise street address not stated on public site)
Founded: 1994

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published) by a known ransomware group, confirming exfiltration of business data. The company holds government contractor credentials (CAGE/UEI codes) and serves regulated sectors including aerospace, automotive, and medical, elevating the potential sensitivity of exposed data beyond typical logistics firms.

The ThreeAM ransomware group claims to have compromised ACE Forwarding and has reached the data_published stage, indicating exfiltration and publication of company data. No specific ransom amount or data volume was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company operational data
Customer shipment records
Government contractor credentials/identifiers
Employee information (probable)
Business correspondence (probable)

What the group claims

Ace Forwarding started out in 1994 as a small operation with a single truck picking up and delivering to and from the Detroit airport, fulfilling our customers time-critical shipments and becoming the go-to logistics operation when time was of the

Sources

Source

Indexed 20 days ago

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