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 7, 2026Johnson Vollmerhausen & Gates listed by AiLockon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Johnson Vollmerhausen & Gates 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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Johnson, Vollmerhausen & Gates PLLC

listed as Johnson Vollmerhausen & Gates · Claimed by AiLock · listed 2 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 7, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: AiLock
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Mar 7, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Johnson, Vollmerhausen & Gates PLLC is a certified public accounting firm based in Asheville, North Carolina, with over 40 years of experience. The firm provides accounting, tax preparation, payroll processing, bookkeeping, and advisory services to both individuals and local businesses. They are a trusted regional practice operating under the domain jvgasheville.com.

Industry: Accounting, Tax & Advisory Services
Address: 1265 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803

Attack summary

Severity: critical — An accounting and tax firm holds highly sensitive regulated financial and personal data for both individuals and businesses, including tax returns, payroll records, and bookkeeping data. Data_published status confirms exfiltration and release of what is likely substantial PII and financial records at scale.

AiLock claims to have compromised Johnson, Vollmerhausen & Gates PLLC and has published data from the attack. The disclosure status is marked as data_published, indicating exfiltration and release of firm or client data.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client tax records
Business financial records
Payroll data
Bookkeeping records
Personal financial information (individuals)
Advisory/accounting files

What the group claims

Johnson Vollmerhausen & Gates provides professional accounting, tax, and advisory services tailored to the needs of both individuals and businesses.

Sources

Victim sitejvgasheville.com

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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