Was NXIT and Franco Vago S.p.a. and Traconf Srl hit by ransomware?

NXIT and Franco Vago S.p.a. and Traconf Srl was listed by the Deadlock ransomware operation (Italy), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the Deadlock ransomware group?

Deadlock is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the NXIT and Franco Vago S.p.a. and Traconf Srl breach?

Deadlock published data attributed to NXIT and Franco Vago S.p.a. and Traconf Srl. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Nippon Express Italia SpA

listed as NXIT and Franco Vago S.p.a. and Traconf Srl · Claimed by Deadlock · listed 5 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJul 10, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Deadlock
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Jul 10, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Nippon Express Italia SpA is the Italian division of the global NX Group, established January 1, 2020, through a merger of major Italian logistics companies including Franco Vago and Traconf. The company provides integrated 4PL logistics and global freight forwarding services, with a strong specialization in the fashion and luxury sectors. Recorded consolidated turnover of approximately EUR 1 billion in 2022.

Industry: Logistics & Freight Forwarding, Luxury Goods Specialization
Address: Via 8 Marzo, 6 - 50018 Badia a Settimo, Scandicci, Firenze, Italy
Founded: 2020

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration of 220+ GB of sensitive business data from a major multinational logistics provider operating in fashion and luxury sectors. Large-scale data theft with publication threatened. No ransom demand noted but disclosure imminent.

Deadlock claims to have exfiltrated over 220 gigabytes of sensitive internal data from Nippon Express Italia SpA and its subsidiaries. The group announced publication of the stolen files for May 15, 2026.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

internal company documents
business records
operational data
client information

What the group claims

The leaked files will be available for download on May 15, 2026. Nippon Express Italia SpA (NXIT) is the Italian division of the global NX Group (formerly Nippon Express). It was established on January 1, 2020, following a major merger involving several high-profile Italian logistics companies, including Franco Vago and Traconf . Recorded a consolidated turnover of almost EUR 1 billion in 2022. Core Services: The company specializes in integrated logistics and global freight forwarding, with a particularly strong reputation in the Fashion & Luxury sector. Traconf Srl a major Italian logistics firm specializing in fashion and luxury goods. Portuguese branch of Franco Vago , which, much like Traconf, is now a key part of the Nippon Express Italia SpA (NX Group) network. In Portugal, the company operates as a specialized freight forwarder with a strong focus on the textile, footwear, and luxury sectors—leveraging the historical expertise of the Franco Vago brand. Over 220 gigabytes of sensitive internal data were stolen from this company

Sources

Victim sitewww.nipponexpressitalia.com

Source

Indexed 5 days ago

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Disclosure context

About Deadlock

Deadlock is a ransomware group first observed in June 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, having claimed responsibility for attacks against at least 10 known victims across a geographically diverse target set. Given the recency of their emergence and limited public documentation by major threat intelligence organizations such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant at this time, a comprehensive technical profile cannot be fully established. Based on available victimology data, the group has demonstrated a targeting pattern spanning Singapore, China, Sweden, Spain, and Nigeria, suggesting an opportunistic or globally distributed operational scope rather than a regionally focused campaign. Targeted sectors include manufacturing, business services, telecommunications, and financial services, indicating a preference for industries with high operational dependencies and potential for significant disruption, which is consistent with financially motivated ransomware actors seeking maximum leverage for ransom payment. No confirmed attribution regarding country of origin, RaaS affiliation, or specific tooling has been publicly documented by authoritative sources as of this profile's preparation. Due to the group's nascent operational timeline and the limited volume of publicly verified intelligence, analysts should treat this profile as preliminary and subject to significant revision as additional technical indicators, victim disclosures, and research reporting become available. Continued monitoring is advised given the cross-sector and cross-regional targeting behavior observed in this early operational phase. The group has been linked to 76 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on June 15, 2026; most recent post July 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

July 10, 2026NXIT and Franco Vago S.p.a. and Traconf Srl listed by Deadlockon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Deadlock

Deadlock has been linked to 76 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 3,796 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, NXIT and Franco Vago S.p.a. and Traconf Srl is reported in Italy, a country with 203 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Deadlock means NXIT and Franco Vago S.p.a. and Traconf Srl 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, CSIRT Italia (Italy), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Deadlock'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.