Disclosure context

About Moneymessage

Moneymessage is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in March 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting organizations across multiple sectors globally. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation from major security agencies, detailed information about their origin and affiliations remains largely unknown, though their targeting patterns suggest they may operate as a smaller independent operation rather than a large-scale RaaS model. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach across healthcare, business services, public sector, government, and financial organizations, with their 29 documented victims spanning geographically diverse regions including the United States, Italy, Argentina, Bangladesh, and Russia, though specific attack methodologies and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms. Notable campaigns and high-profile attacks attributed to Moneymessage have not been widely reported by established security researchers or law enforcement agencies, likely due to the group's relatively recent emergence and smaller scale of operations compared to more prominent ransomware families. The group appears to remain active as of available reporting, though comprehensive analysis of their current operational status is limited by the lack of detailed public documentation from authoritative sources such as CISA, FBI, or major cybersecurity firms. The group has been linked to 32 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 29, 2023; most recent post May 16, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: money message.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 1, 2023Lpa-group.com listed by Moneymessageon the group's public leak site

Ransom demanded: $19.3M

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Lpa-group.com is reported in United Kingdom, a country with 902 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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LPA Group PLC

listed as Lpa-group.com · Claimed by Moneymessage · listed 3 years ago

$19.3M

Ransom

demanded

38m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 1, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Moneymessage
Status: Data leaked
Country: United Kingdom
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Apr 1, 2023
Ransom demanded: $19.3M

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

LPA Group PLC is a UK-based publicly listed engineering group specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of LED lighting systems, electrical connectors, and high-performance electrical components. The company serves rail, aerospace, defence, marine, industrial and infrastructure markets worldwide through three subsidiaries: LPA Channel Electric, LPA Connection Systems, and LPA Lighting Systems. Founded in the 1800s, all group companies are ISO 9001 certified with an annual revenue of approximately £19.3 million.

Industry: Electrical Components & Systems Manufacturing (Rail, Aerospace & Defence)
Founded: 1800

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published by the threat actor against a publicly listed UK manufacturer supplying defence, aerospace and rail sectors. The involvement of regulated defence/aerospace supply-chain data and confirmed data publication elevates severity to high; critical would require explicit evidence of large-scale PII or classified defence data exfiltration.

The Moneymessage ransomware group claims to have compromised LPA Group PLC and published data, with a ransom demand equating to the company's stated annual revenue of £19.3 million. The post indicates data has been published ('data_published' status), though no specific data volume or explicit exfiltration details are described in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Financial records
Business operational data
Corporate documents

What the group claims

LPA is a leading UK manufacturer in the design and build of connectors, LED lighting and electrical systems. Founded in the 1800’s, the Company has a long product development history where high reliability, low maintenance and life cycle costs are an intrinsic part of our product design and build ethos. All companies are ISO 9001 certified.Revenue: UK£19.3m

Sources

Victim sitelpa-group.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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