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Metrea LLC

listed as Metrea LLC/Commuter Air Technology, Inc. · Claimed by Aurora · listed 4 hours ago

Today
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedSep 5, 2026
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Aurora
Status
Data leaked
Country
United States
Sector
Transportation
Listed on leak site
Sep 5, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Metrea LLC (formerly Meta Special Aerospace, LLC) and its subsidiary Commuter Air Technology, Inc. are US defence 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 international theatres including Niger, East Africa, and the Philippines.

Industry
Defence Contractors – ISR Aircraft Services
Employees
232

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration of ITAR-controlled defence technology (military waveforms), US Special Operations personnel identities and SIPRNet access data, classified contract information, and PII at scale (232 employees with SSNs and clearance data). Direct threat to active military operations and national defence.

The aurora group claims to have exfiltrated 339 MB of Harris military tactical radio firmware containing ITAR-controlled waveforms, named deployment data for 14+ special operations personnel with SIPRNet access documentation, complete SOCOM contract pricing and cost data, 232 employee personnel files including security clearance information, and NSWDG/MARSOC training exercise documentation across 37 separately funded SOCOM training deliveries.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Harris PRC-117G military tactical radio firmware (ITAR-controlled)
  • SINCGARS/HAVEQUICK II/ROVER waveform binaries
  • Named deployment data and rotation schedules (14+ operators)
  • SIPRNet access documentation
  • Divert airfield planning records
  • SOCOM contract pricing and labour rates
  • Subcontractor pricing (SOCPAC C3PO, Sable Spear, Sable Dagger)
  • Employee personnel files (232 records)
  • Social Security Numbers (W-9 forms)
  • Security clearance records
  • SERE training certificates
  • NSWDG/MARSOC/75th Rangers training documentation
  • Alpha 28 program training deliveries (37 records)

What the group claims

[defence] 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 separately funded SOCOM training deliveries under the Alpha 28 program. <redacted>

Sources

Source

Indexed 4 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About aurora

Aurora is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in April 2026, operating with apparent financial motivations through targeted attacks across multiple sectors. Given its recent emergence, limited public documentation exists regarding the group's specific country of origin or affiliations with established ransomware operations, though its targeting patterns suggest a professional operation potentially operating as an independent entity rather than a known Ransomware-as-a-Service model. The group has demonstrated a preference for attacking business-critical sectors including business services, consumer services, manufacturing, healthcare, and financial services, with documented attacks spanning the United States, Canada, the Maldives, and Great Britain, though specific initial access vectors and technical methodologies remain undocumented by major threat intelligence firms. With only seven known victims documented since April 2026, Aurora represents a relatively small-scale operation compared to established ransomware families, though its cross-sector targeting approach and international victim scope indicate deliberate selection criteria rather than opportunistic attacks. The group remains active as of current reporting, though the limited victim count and recent emergence suggest either a highly selective targeting approach or a nascent operation still developing its operational capabilities. The group has been linked to 37 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 29, 2026; most recent post September 5, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • September 5, 2026Metrea LLC/Commuter Air Technology, Inc. listed by auroraon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by aurora

aurora has been linked to 37 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full aurora dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation sector, which has 47 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. 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 aurora means Metrea LLC/Commuter Air Technology, Inc. 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, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on aurora'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.