Disclosure context

About Hiveleak

Hiveleak is a financially-motivated ransomware group that emerged in August 2021, conducting targeted attacks primarily against organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, and Germany with a focus on manufacturing, business services, information technology, healthcare, and education sectors. Limited public documentation exists regarding this group's specific country of origin or affiliations with other ransomware operations, though their targeting patterns and operational timeline suggest they operate as part of the broader ransomware ecosystem that proliferated during the 2021-2022 period. The group's attack methodology and technical capabilities remain largely undocumented in major threat intelligence reports from CISA, FBI, or leading security research firms, though their victim count of 208 organizations indicates sustained operational capability over their known active period. Notable campaigns and high-profile victims have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting, suggesting the group may have maintained a lower profile compared to major ransomware operations like Conti or LockBit during the same timeframe. The current operational status of Hiveleak remains unclear based on available public intelligence reporting. The group has been linked to 208 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 14, 2021; most recent post May 26, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 11, 2023G.W. Becker listed by Hiveleakon the group's public leak site

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, G.W. Becker 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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G.W. Becker, Inc.

listed as G.W. Becker · Claimed by Hiveleak · listed 3 years ago

40m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jan 11, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Hiveleak
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Jan 11, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

G.W. Becker, Inc. is a family-owned, single-source provider of overhead crane products and services headquartered in the United States (phone area code 724, western Pennsylvania). Founded in 1980, the company designs and manufactures custom overhead cranes, hoists, and components, and provides installation, inspection, field service, and preventative maintenance throughout North America. It is an Executive Member of the Crane Manufacturers Association of America.

Industry: Overhead Crane & Hoist Manufacturing and Services
Employees: 51-200
Founded: 1980

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data publication is threatened and the disclosed status is 'data_published', suggesting exfiltration occurred; however, no specific sensitive regulated data (PII at scale, medical, financial) has been confirmed or quantified, and no proof files have been advertised in the post yet.

The Hiveleak group claims to have compromised G.W. Becker, Inc. and has announced that data will be published imminently ('DATA IS COMING SOON'), indicating exfiltration of company data with public disclosure as the threatened outcome.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Engineering and design documents
Customer records
Employee information

What the group claims

***** DATA IS COMING SOON **** G.W. Becker, Inc. is a full service, single source, provider of choice for quality overhead crane products and solutions. Family owned since 1980, we have grown from a local overhead crane parts supplier to a recognized industry leader offering a full spectrum of overhead crane related products and services throughout North America. Proud to be an Executive Member of the Crane Manufacturer’s Association of America, we design and manufacture custom overhead cranes, hoists and components to CMAA Specifications (Class “A” through “F”) or AIST Technical Report #6. We utilize our knowledgeable in-house team of mechanical, structural and electrical engineers to offer application assistance, custom design engineering and manufacturing of overhead crane products with our customers’ needs first and foremost. Empowered with highly trained and qualified technicians, G.W. Becker, Inc. provides self-performing installations, inspections and field service repairs for all makes and models of overhead cranes; providing compliance with local regulations and ensuring a safe and productive material handling operation. Staying true to our mission and values, we strive to understand our customers’ needs and deliver specialized expertise and long-term planning solutions for the unique challenges of purchasing and maintaining overhead crane and hoist equipment.

Sources

Victim sitegwbcrane.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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