Disclosure context

About AiLock

AiLock is an emerging ransomware group first observed in March 2026 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted at least 24 known victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad operational scope spanning the United States, Canada, Great Britain, China, and Germany. Based on publicly available information from security researchers, AiLock appears to focus on technology companies, consumer services, manufacturing, and public sector entities, though specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been extensively documented by CISA, FBI, or major security firms. The group's relatively recent emergence and limited public documentation suggest they may be a smaller operation or newly formed entity, with no notable major campaigns or high-profile ransoms publicly reported by established threat intelligence sources. Given the March 2026 first observation date and lack of subsequent major public reporting, AiLock's current operational status and capabilities remain largely undetermined by mainstream cybersecurity organizations. The group has been linked to 34 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 3, 2026; most recent post May 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 3, 2026Navicore Solutions listed by AiLockon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Financial Services sector, which has 516 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Navicore Solutions 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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Navicore Solutions

Claimed by AiLock · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 3, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: AiLock
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: Mar 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Navicore Solutions is a nonprofit organization with approximately 30 years of experience providing financial counseling services to individuals and families across the United States. Their services include debt management plans, credit and debt counseling, housing and foreclosure prevention, bankruptcy counseling, student loan guidance, and disaster recovery assistance. They operate multiple office locations and serve consumers nationwide through certified counselors.

Industry: Nonprofit Credit & Financial Counseling
Employees: 51-200
Founded: 1994

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Navicore Solutions handles highly sensitive financial and personal data for individuals in vulnerable economic situations, including debt, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and disaster recovery records. A data_published status means regulated consumer financial PII — likely covered under GLBA and potentially state privacy laws — has been exfiltrated and released, affecting a nationwide nonprofit client base.

The AiLock ransomware group claims to have attacked Navicore Solutions and has published data (disclosed status: data_published). The leak post contains minimal detail, but the data_published status indicates exfiltration and/or publication of victim data has occurred.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client financial records
Personal debt and credit information
Housing and mortgage counseling records
Bankruptcy counseling records
Student loan counseling records
Personally identifiable information (PII) of counseling clients

What the group claims

Navicore Solutions strengthens the well-being of individuals and families through education, guidance, advocacy and support.

Sources

Victim sitenavicoresolutions.org

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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