Disclosure context

About akira

Akira is a ransomware group that emerged in April 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and has rapidly established itself as a significant threat actor with over 1,500 documented victims. The group's country of origin remains unclear, though they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, recruiting affiliates to conduct attacks while the core group maintains the ransomware infrastructure and negotiation processes. Akira employs multi-faceted attack methodologies including exploitation of VPN vulnerabilities, particularly targeting Cisco VPN appliances, and utilizes living-off-the-land techniques along with legitimate administrative tools to avoid detection, while implementing double extortion tactics by exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their encryption payload. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy, with a particular focus on manufacturing, business services, technology, and construction sectors, though they have shown willingness to attack various industries. Despite being relatively new to the ransomware landscape, Akira has maintained consistent operations throughout 2023 and into 2024, with law enforcement agencies including CISA and FBI issuing advisories about their activities, though no major disruption operations have been publicly reported against the group as of late 2024. The group has been linked to 1,616 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 26, 2023; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Megazord.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 12, 2026Vision 3 Architects listed by akiraon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Construction sector, which has 415 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Vision 3 Architects is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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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Vision 3 Architects

Claimed by akira · listed 9 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: akira
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Construction
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Vision 3 Architects is a US-based collaborative design studio specializing in architecture and interior design projects. The firm works across multiple sectors, crafting spaces that reflect each client's vision and values. Notable projects referenced include work in Farmington Hills, MI and Medford, MA.

Industry: Architecture & Interior Design

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The group claims exfiltration of PII at scale including government-issued identity documents (passports, driver's licenses) and SSNs for employees, along with sensitive client and business data — constituting regulated personal data exposure meeting the critical threshold.

The Akira ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 31 GB of corporate data from Vision 3 Architects, including detailed employee personal information (passports, driver's licenses, SSNs), contracts and agreements, client information, project files, and NDAs; the group states the data will be published imminently.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee passports
Employee driver's licenses
Employee Social Security Numbers (SSNs)
Contracts and agreements
Client information
Project files
NDAs

What the group claims

Vision 3 Architects is a collaborative and responsive design studio specializing in architectur e and interior design projects. They focus on crafting spaces that reflect each client's vision and values, ensuring a design environment that fosters creativity and collaboration. We will upload 31gb of corporate data soon. Detailed employee personal information (passports, DLs, SSNs and so on), contracts and agreements, client information, projects, NDAs, etc.

Sources

Victim sitevision3architects.com

Source

Indexed 9 days ago

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