Was Metrea LLC / Commuter Air Technology, Inc. hit by ransomware?

Metrea LLC / Commuter Air Technology, Inc. was listed by the AUR0RA ransomware operation (United States) as a victim being extorted; data had not been published at the time of listing. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

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Metrea LLC

listed as Metrea LLC / Commuter Air Technology, Inc. · Claimed by AUR0RA · listed 6 days ago

232 employee personnel files, 14+ operator named deployment records, 37 SOCOM training deliveries

Records

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedSep 7, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: AUR0RA
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: United States
Sector: Defense / Aerospace
Listed on leak site: Sep 7, 2026
Records: 232 employee personnel files, 14+ operator named deployment records, 37 SOCOM training deliveries

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Metrea LLC (formerly Meta Special Aerospace, LLC) and its subsidiary Commuter Air Technology, Inc. (CAT) are US defense contractors providing Contractor Owned, Contractor Operated (COCO) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft services to US Special Operations Command. They operate modified King Air 350 surveillance aircraft across multiple global theaters including Niger, East Africa, and the Philippines.

Industry: Defense & Aerospace Contractors

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration of ITAR-controlled military defense technology (classified waveforms under USML Category XI), SOCOM classified operational deployment data, 232 employee PII including SSNs and security clearance documentation, and sensitive military training exercise records. This represents compromise of US defense secrets and classified information at scale.

AUR0RA claims to have exfiltrated 339 MB of materials including ITAR-controlled military tactical radio firmware (Harris PRC-117G with SINCGARS, HAVEQUICK II, ROVER waveforms), classified deployment data for 14+ SOCOM operators, complete SOCOM contract pricing and cost data, 232 employee personnel files with PII and security clearance documentation, and 37 SOCOM training exercise deliveries. The data includes materials classified under USML Category XI.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

ITAR-controlled military tactical radio firmware (Harris PRC-117G)
SINCGARS, HAVEQUICK II, ROVER waveform binaries
Named deployment data with rotation schedules
SIPRNet access documentation
Divert airfield planning documents
SOCOM contract pricing portfolios
Labor rates, burn rates, TINA-certified cost data
Subcontractor pricing (SOCPAC C3PO, Sable Spear, Sable Dagger programs)
232 employee personnel files
Resumes, W-9 forms with SSNs
SERE training certificates
Security clearance documentation
Deployment records and expense reports
NSWDG, MARSOC, 75th Rangers training exercise documentation
Alpha 28 program training deliveries

What the group claims

Metrea LLC (formerly Meta Special Aerospace, LLC) and its subsidiary Commuter Air Technology, Inc. (CAT) are US defense contractors providing Contractor Owned, Contractor Operated (COCO) ISR aircraft services to US Special Operations Command. They operate modified King Air 350 surveillance aircraft in Niger, East Africa, the Philippines, and other theaters.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

### [Metrea LLC/Commuter Air Technology, Inc. Metrea LLC (formerly Meta Special Aerospace, LLC) and its subsidiary Commuter Air Technology, Inc. (CAT) are US defense contractors providing Contractor Owned, Contractor Operated (COCO) ISR aircraft services to US Special Operations Command. They operate modified King Air 350 surveillance aircraft in Niger, East Africa, the Philippines, and other theaters. <redacted> 339 MB of Harris PRC-117G military tactical radio firmware including compiled waveform binaries for SINCGARS, HAVEQUICK II, ROVER, and 10 other ITAR-controlled waveforms (USML Category XI). Named deployment data for 14+ operators at Sable Spear sites in Niger and East Africa, with rotation schedules, SIPRNet access documentation, and divert airfield planning. Complete SOCOM contract pricing portfolios — labor rates, burn rates, TINA-certified cost data, and subcontractor pricing for SOCPAC C3PO, Sable Spear, and Sable Dagger programs. 232 employee personnel files including resumes, W-9 forms (SSN), SERE training certificates, security clearances, expense reports, and deployment records. NSWDG (SEAL Team Six), MARSOC, and 75th Rangers training exercise documentation — 37 se…

Data the group says was taken

military radio firmware
deployment data
rotation schedules
SIPRNet access documentation
divert airfield planning
SOCOM contract pricing
labor rates
cost data
subcontractor pricing
personnel files
resumes
W-9 forms
SSNs
SERE training certificates
security clearances
expense reports
deployment records
training exercise documentation

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Metrea LLC / Commuter Air Technology, Inc.

Sources

Source

Indexed 6 days ago

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Disclosure context

About AUR0RA

AUR0RA is a ransomware group first observed in June 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, having claimed responsibility for attacks against at least five known victims across the United States, Canada, and Australia. Given the recency of the group's emergence and the limited number of confirmed victims, detailed public attribution from major threat intelligence organizations such as CISA, the FBI, or Mandiant has not yet been established, and as such claims regarding origin, affiliation, or operational infrastructure cannot be responsibly made at this time. The group's targeting pattern suggests a deliberate focus on mid-market industries including commercial interiors, real estate and title insurance, warehousing and material handling, manufacturing, and oil and gas and industrial manufacturing sectors, which may indicate an opportunistic selection strategy or a preference for organizations with potentially sensitive operational or financial data and limited cybersecurity maturity. No specific attack methodology, tooling, or extortion tactics have been publicly documented by reputable sources for this group as of the time of this writing, though the sector targeting profile is consistent with groups known to conduct double extortion operations. AUR0RA should be considered an emerging threat actor under active monitoring, with its current operational status assessed as active based on the recency of first observed activity and the absence of any publicly reported law enforcement disruption or disbandment. The group has been linked to 15 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on June 6, 2026; most recent post September 8, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 7, 2026Metrea LLC / Commuter Air Technology, Inc. listed by AUR0RA on the group's public leak site

Records: 232 employee personnel files, 14+ operator named deployment records, 37 SOCOM training deliveries

Other recent disclosures by AUR0RA

AUR0RA has been linked to 15 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 Defense / Aerospace sector. Geographically, Metrea LLC / Commuter Air Technology, Inc. is reported in United States, a country with 3,165 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by AUR0RA means Metrea LLC / Commuter Air Technology, Inc. appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. 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, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on AUR0RA'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.