Was Textile Testing Services of America (TTS America) hit by ransomware?

Textile Testing Services of America (TTS America) was listed by the nova ransomware operation (Mexico) as a victim being extorted; data had not been published at the time of listing. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the nova ransomware group?

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Textile Testing Services of America

listed as Textile Testing Services of America (TTS America) · Claimed by Nova · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedMay 31, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Nova
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: Mexico
Sector: Testing/Training
Listed on leak site: May 31, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Textile Testing Services of America is a training and testing services company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico, employing 250–499 people with annual revenue of $10–25 million. The company operates in the textile testing and professional training sector.

Industry: Testing & Training Services
Address: Mexico City, Mexico
Employees: 250-499

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Confirmed exfiltration of databases from a mid-sized company (250–499 employees) with no specific indication of regulated/sensitive personal data at scale; encryption + partial data theft without clear evidence of PII or compliance-regulated records. No ransom demand stated.

Nova claims to have exfiltrated databases from Textile Testing Services of America via initial access at sandox.info (IP 64.76.20.226), with a correlatied compromise of ttsamexico.com. The group states they will leak only databases, not source code, and offers free decryption of 2 files as proof.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

databases
company records

The group's post references roughly 2 files proof files.

What the group claims

A company operating in the Training industry employing 250-499 people with revenues of $10M-$25M, headquartered in Mexico City. Initial access was via domain sandox.info (IP 64.76.20.226).

The leak post

captured from the group's site

LTI Services and Larick Towing
ltiservices.com - laricktowing.com - LTI Services is a leading customization and accessory shop specializing in customizations, repairs, and aftermarket parts for the heavy-duty trucking industry. They work with major truck brands such as Peterbilt, Kenworth, Volvo, International, Freightliner, and Western Star, offering a wide range of services including collision repair, custom fabrication, and electrical repairs. The company prides itself on providing quality parts and accessories while collaborating closely with customers to bring their design visions to life. With a focus on transparency and comprehensive service, LTI Services ensures that clients are informed and confident throughout the project process - Larick Towing Inc. is a family-owned and operated business that has been providing vehicle transportation services since 1978. They offer nationwide vehicle transportation, including pick-up and delivery services for transporters, as well as transport to all ship ports and terminals. Their services cater to both individual clients and auto dealers, facilitating vehicle transport to and from auctions and dealer swaps. The company is known for it…

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Textile Testing Services of America (TTS America)

Sources

Victim sitettsamexico.com
Leak posthttp://novadmrkp4vbk2padk5t6pbxolndceuc7hrcq4mjaoyed6nxsqiuzyyd.onion

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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Disclosure context

About nova

Based on the limited available data, Nova is a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in April 2025 with an apparent financial motivation, having targeted approximately 95 victims in its brief operational period. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain undocumented by major security firms, though their targeting pattern suggests a broad opportunistic approach rather than geopolitically motivated attacks. Nova's attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been publicly detailed by established threat intelligence sources, though their victim distribution across the United States, France, Brazil, Singapore, and the Netherlands indicates either automated widespread targeting or access to diverse initial compromise vectors. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and education sectors, suggesting they may focus on organizations with critical operational dependencies that increase pressure for ransom payment. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation by major security researchers, Nova's current operational status, organizational structure, and long-term threat trajectory remain largely uncharacterized in established threat intelligence reporting. The group has been linked to 203 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 28, 2025; most recent post July 25, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 31, 2026Textile Testing Services of America (TTS America) listed by novaon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by nova

nova has been linked to 203 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 Testing/Training sector. Geographically, Textile Testing Services of America (TTS America) is reported in Mexico, a country with 196 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by nova means Textile Testing Services of America (TTS America) 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.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CERT-MX (Mexico), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on nova'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.