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Metaval Consolidated

Claimed by Incransom · listed 2 months ago

58d
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedMay 18, 2026
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Incransom
Status
Data leaked
Country
Australia
Sector
Industrial/Manufacturing
Listed on leak site
May 18, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Metaval Consolidated is an Australian-owned and operated manufacturers representative headquartered in Bayswater, Melbourne, supplying engineered industrial products across all Australian states and territories. Established in 1967, the company represents dozens of leading international brands, serving industries including water, manufacturing, mining, and processing. It operates from its own industrial premises and warehouse and has worked on projects ranging from thousands to millions of dollars in value.

Industry
Industrial Equipment & Manufacturers Representative
Address
Bayswater, Victoria, Australia
Employees
50
Founded
1967

Attack summary

Severity: medium — The post claims both encryption and proof of access, indicating confirmed operational disruption and some data exposure, but no regulated/sensitive data (PII at scale, medical, financial) is evidenced, and the proof array is empty in the disclosed payload. Revenue and scale are modest (~$5M, ~50 employees).

INC Ransom claims to have encrypted systems and holds proof of access; the post categories include 'Encrypted' and 'Proof', indicating both encryption and some level of data exfiltration or access verification. No specific data types or volume are enumerated in the truncated post.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Business operational data
  • Engineering project records
  • Customer/client information

What the group claims

Metaval Consolidated is an Australian owned and operated manufacturers representative supplying all Australian states and territories. Metaval was established in 1967 to provide an engineering supply service to users in the paper industry. Today they provide engineered products to all major industries in Australia including water, manufacturing, mining and processing. Located in Bayswater.

The leak post

captured from the group's site
```
{"type":true,"message":"Success: got announcements.","payload":{"length":702,"announcements":[{"_id":"6a099da9d152110a6ab7ed5b","company":{"company_name":"metaval.com.au","country":"AU","revenue":5000000},"categories":["Encrypted","Proof"],"description":["Metaval%20Consolidated%20is%20an%20Australian%20owned%20and%20operated%20manufacturers%20representative%20supplying%20all%20Australian%20states%20and%20territories.%20Metaval%20was%20established%20in%201967%20to%20provide%20an%20engineering%20supply%20service%20to%20users%20in%20the%20paper%20industry.%20As%20our%20company%20grew%20and%20diversified%2C%20the%20range%20of%20industries%20serviced%20also%20increased.%20Today%20we%20provide%20engineered%20products%20to%20all%20major%20industries%20in%20Australia.%20We%20represent%20some%20of%20the%20worlds%20leading%20manufacturers%20in%20the%20supply%20of%20industrial%20equipment%20to%20a%20wide%20range%20of%20industries%20including%20water%2C%20manufacturing%2C%20mining%20and%20processing.%20Since%20commencing%20operations%20we%20have%3A%20Grown%20to%20be%20a%20leading%20Melbourne-based%20manufacturers%20representative%20for%20dozens%20of%20well%20known%20international%20brands.…

Data the group says was taken

  • Encrypted
  • Proof

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Incransom

Incransom is a ransomware group that emerged in August 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations as evidenced by their targeting of high-value sectors across multiple developed nations. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they likely operate independently rather than as a ransomware-as-a-service model. With 734 documented victims, Incransom has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia, with particular focus on healthcare, technology, business services, and manufacturing sectors, though their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by established security researchers or government agencies. The group's notable campaigns and specific high-profile victims have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable threat intelligence sources, suggesting either operational security effectiveness or limited visibility into their most significant operations. Based on available intelligence, Incransom appears to remain active as of recent reporting periods, though comprehensive analysis of their current operational status requires additional documentation from established threat intelligence sources. The group has been linked to 1,712 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2021; most recent post July 14, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: inc ransom, INC.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • May 18, 2026Metaval Consolidated listed by Incransomon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Incransom

Incransom has been linked to 1,712 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full Incransom dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Industrial/Manufacturing sector. Geographically, Metaval Consolidated is reported in Australia, a country with 185 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Incransom means Metaval Consolidated 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, ACSC (Australia), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on Incransom'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.