Was Dnc hit by ransomware?

Dnc was listed by the nova ransomware operation, 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 nova ransomware group?

nova 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 Dnc breach?

nova published data attributed to Dnc (~130 GB). Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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National Auto Loan Network

listed as Dnc · Claimed by Nova · listed 9 months ago

130 GB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedOct 5, 2025
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Nova
Status: Data leaked
Listed on leak site: Oct 5, 2025
Data size: 130 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

National Auto Loan Network (NALN) specializes in auto loan refinancing, having refinanced over $2 billion in auto loans for more than 100,000 customers since 2010. The company was founded by finance professionals with over 40 years of combined experience and focuses on simplifying the refinancing process. It serves individuals seeking to reduce monthly car payments through loan refinancing solutions.

Industry: Auto Loan Refinancing & Consumer Finance
Founded: 2010

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The victim is a consumer finance company holding PII and financial records of over 100,000 customers; data has been confirmed published (disclosed status: data_published), representing large-scale exfiltration of regulated financial and personal data.

The Nova ransomware group claims to have encrypted the company's systems on 12/01/2026 and subsequently leaked data on 27/01/2026 after the company failed to negotiate, stating the company 'didn't care about the data of their customers.' The group also claims to have records of contact attempts stored in the cloud.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Customer loan records
Customer personal data (PII)
Financial data
Call records

What the group claims

dnc is an innovative company that offers a range of services including business consulting, facility management, eBusiness solutions, and GDPR compliance. The company aims to help businesses enhance their image and profitability. They serve a variety of clients looking for expertise in improving operational efficiencies and adherence to regulations. dnc is also recognized as an official partner of Heron - we have 130GB of data include billing , plans , costumers full names , phone numbers , gmails , genders , plans , payments and invoices and lot more

The leak post

captured from the group's site

Since the company didn't reach us, Data has been Leaked.
Since the company didn't reach us, Data has been Leaked.
CHARLES CONSEIL COORDINATION (3CCC) is a French project management and construction economics company, specializing in project coordination and oversight.
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Company refused to deal after they request us to unlist their company from BLOG, Data Leaked.
Pemkab Bojonegoro is the official government portal of Bojonegoro Regency in East Java, Indonesia, providing various public services and information. The portal features services such as Smart City initiatives, public transparency, and online government services aimed at enhancing community engagement. It serves a diverse clientele, including local residents, businesses, and tourists seeking information about the region governance and attractions. Additionally, the portal promotes local tourism and cultural heritage through various educational and recreational activities.
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Sources

Leak posthttp://pifk3xu3vad6cuxsjll4qjomyaaaoyvnyqppro75pazadzctrrvpdnyd.onion/#

Source

Indexed 9 months ago

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Disclosure context

About nova

Based on the limited available data, Nova is a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in April 2025 with an apparent financial motivation, having targeted approximately 95 victims in its brief operational period. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain undocumented by major security firms, though their targeting pattern suggests a broad opportunistic approach rather than geopolitically motivated attacks. Nova's attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been publicly detailed by established threat intelligence sources, though their victim distribution across the United States, France, Brazil, Singapore, and the Netherlands indicates either automated widespread targeting or access to diverse initial compromise vectors. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and education sectors, suggesting they may focus on organizations with critical operational dependencies that increase pressure for ransom payment. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation by major security researchers, Nova's current operational status, organizational structure, and long-term threat trajectory remain largely uncharacterized in established threat intelligence reporting. The group has been linked to 183 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 28, 2025; most recent post July 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 5, 2025Dnc listed by novaon the group's public leak site

Data size: 130 GB

If your organisation is affected

A listing by nova means Dnc 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on nova'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.