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

May 6, 2026Moorman Harting listed by akiraon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Moorman Harting is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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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Moorman Harting

Claimed by akira · listed 15 days ago

14d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 6, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: akira
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 6, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Moorman, Harting & Company is a comprehensive tax, accounting, and financial services firm headquartered in Celina, Ohio, serving clients across West Central Ohio for more than 70 years. The firm offers integrated services including accounting, payroll, tax preparation, retirement planning, estate strategies, and personalized financial coaching. It serves individuals, families, pre-retirees, business owners, and medical professionals.

Industry: Tax, Accounting & Financial Advisory Services
Address: 531 East Market Street, Celina, OH 45822-1823

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The group claims exfiltration of regulated PII at scale (SSNs, passport numbers, DLs) for both employees and clients of a financial advisory firm, alongside sensitive client financial and tax records — all categories that trigger regulatory obligations (IRS, FTC Safeguards Rule, state privacy laws) and pose high identity-theft and financial-fraud risk.

The Akira ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 21 GB of corporate data from Moorman, Harting & Company and states it will be published. The claimed data includes employee PII (passport numbers, driver's licenses, SSNs), client files, financial records, contracts, NDAs, and other internal confidential documents.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee passport numbers
Employee driver's license numbers
Employee Social Security Numbers (SSNs)
Client files
Financial records
Contracts and agreements
Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
Internal confidential files

What the group claims

Moorman, Harting & Company is a comprehensive wealthcare firm that provides a variety of soluti ons for tax, accounting, and financial needs. Their services include accounting, payroll, tax p reparation, retirement planning, and personalized financial coaching. We will upload 21gb of corporate data soon. Employee personal information (passport numbers, Dl s, SSNs and other sensitive information), client files, financials, contracts and agreements, i nternal confidential files, NDAs and so on.

Sources

Victim sitemoormanharting.com

Source

Indexed 15 days ago

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