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

March 24, 2026Concord Components, Wefapress, Environment Masters, FairmontHot Springs Resort,Road Americ... listed by Akiraon the group's public leak site

Data size: 17 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Concord Components, Wefapress, Environment Masters, FairmontHot Springs Resort,Road Americ... 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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Concord Components Inc. / Wefapress / Environment Masters / Fairmont Hot Springs Resort / Road America (multi-victim post)

listed as Concord Components, Wefapress, Environment Masters, FairmontHot Springs Resort,Road Americ... · Claimed by Akira · listed 2 months ago

17 GB

Data size

57d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 24, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Akira
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Mar 24, 2026
Data size: 17 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

This is a multi-victim leak post by Akira ransomware covering five distinct organizations: Concord Components Inc. (founded 1995, Concord Nebraska, electronic components retail/catalog); Wefapress (plastics manufacturer specializing in semi-finished products and custom parts); Environment Masters (HVAC repair/service company); Fairmont Hot Springs Resort (year-round resort and mineral hot springs destination in British Columbia, Canada); and Road America (permanent road racing track in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin offering motorsport events, driving schools, and karting).

Industry: Electronic Components Distribution / Plastics Manufacturing / HVAC Services / Hospitality & Resort / Motorsport Venues
Founded: 1995

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration of regulated PII at scale including hundreds of SSNs and medical information across multiple organizations, with data already published (disclosed_status: data_published), meeting the threshold for critical severity.

Akira claims to have exfiltrated approximately 17 GB of data across all five victim organizations, including hundreds of employee SSNs, medical information, client data, project files, confidential documents, and accounting/financial records. No encryption claim is explicitly stated; the disclosure focuses on data exfiltration and publication.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee SSNs (hundreds)
Medical information
Client information
Project files
Confidential internal files
Accounting and financial records
Internal operational files

What the group claims

We obtained about 17gb of data of the following companies: JConcord Components, Inc. was founded in 1995 in Concord, Nebrask a as a retail catalog company, supplying hard-to-find electronic components. Wefapress is a leading manufacturer of plastic products, speciali zing in high-quality semi-finished products, custom plastic parts , and various profiles and guides. At Environment Masters, the company prides ourselves on deliverin g honest, reliable service. If the company tell you, you'll be be tter off with Crystal Springs HVAC repair, you can believe what t he company say. Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, home to Canada's largest natural min eral hot springs, is a year-round destination nestled in the hear t of the British Columbia Rocky Mountains and the stunning Columb ia Valley. Road America, located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, is one of the w orld's fastest permanent road racing tracks, offering a variety o f motorsport events and experiences. The company provides a range of services including driving schools, karting, and various raci ng events such as the MotoAmerica Superbikes and the INDYCAR Gran d Prix. You will find personal employee personal data (hundreds of SSNs a nd so on), medical information, client information, numerous proj ect files, confidential files, accounting and financials and othe r internal operational files.

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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