Was IMA Global hit by ransomware?

IMA Global was listed by the Killsecurity ransomware operation (United States), 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 Killsecurity ransomware group?

Killsecurity 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 IMA Global breach?

Killsecurity published data attributed to IMA Global. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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IMA

listed as IMA Global · Claimed by Killsecurity · listed 1 year ago

15m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedApr 2, 2025
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Killsecurity
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Listed on leak site: Apr 2, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

IMA is a creative agency specializing in advertising, media, packaging, and retail activations. They work with major brands across sectors including automotive, spirits, and apparel, delivering strategy, creative, brand experiences, and retail design services globally.

Industry: Advertising & Creative Agency

Attack summary

Severity: low — Disclosed status indicates data_published, but the leak post content is marked 'N/A' with no proof files, screenshots, or specific data inventory documented. No operational impact or sensitive data categories are detailed.

The Killsecurity group claims to have conducted an attack on IMA Global and published data. No specific details regarding encryption, exfiltration method, or data categories are provided in the available post.

low

What the group claims

N/A

Sources

Victim siteima.global

Source

Indexed 1 year ago

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Disclosure context

About Killsecurity

Killsecurity is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in March 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating rapid expansion in their victim targeting. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from major threat intelligence sources, though their global targeting pattern suggests a sophisticated operation. Based on available victim data, Killsecurity has compromised 276 organizations primarily across the United States, India, United Kingdom, Brazil, and Belgium, with a particular focus on healthcare, technology, business services, and financial sectors. The group's attack methodology, encryption techniques, and specific tools remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reports from established security firms. Notable campaigns and high-profile victims have not been extensively documented by major cybersecurity organizations or law enforcement agencies, likely due to the group's recent emergence. Killsecurity appears to remain active as of current reporting, though comprehensive analysis of their operations is limited by the lack of detailed technical documentation from reputable threat intelligence sources. The group has been linked to 277 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 21, 2024; most recent post May 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 2, 2025IMA Global listed by Killsecurityon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Killsecurity

Killsecurity has been linked to 277 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, IMA Global is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Killsecurity means IMA Global 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.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Killsecurity'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.