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, 2026Eeyou Communications Network listed by AiLockon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Telecommunication sector, which has 54 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Eeyou Communications Network is reported in Canada, a country with 810 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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Eeyou Communications Network

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: Canada
Sector: Telecommunication
Listed on leak site: Mar 7, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Eeyou Communications Network is a regional fibre optic network operator serving the James Bay and Eeyou Istchee regions of Québec, Canada, operating since 2004. The organisation runs an Open Access Model designed to foster competition among internet service providers and address the Digital Divide affecting Indigenous and remote communities in the region. Its head office is located in Mistissini, Québec, with service and administrative offices in Chibougamau.

Industry: Regional Fibre Optic Telecommunications
Address: 187, Main Street, Mistissini, Québec, G0W 1C0
Founded: 2004

Attack summary

Severity: high — The victim is a telecommunications infrastructure provider serving remote Indigenous communities in Canada, and the disclosed status is data_published, indicating confirmed data exfiltration or release. Compromise of a regional ISP operator can affect essential connectivity services and potentially expose subscriber PII and operational network data, warranting a high severity rating despite the absence of explicit data inventory details.

The AiLock ransomware group claims an attack against Eeyou Communications Network, with the disclosure status recorded as data_published, indicating that data has been released or made available. No specific details on encryption, exfiltration volume, or data categories were provided in the leak post.

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What the group claims

Eeyou Communications Network operates a regional fibre optic network serving the James Bay and Eeyou Istchee regions, providing ultra-high-speed internet since 2004.

Sources

Victim siteeeyou.ca

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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