Disclosure context

About AiLock

AiLock is an emerging ransomware group first observed in March 2026 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted at least 24 known victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad operational scope spanning the United States, Canada, Great Britain, China, and Germany. Based on publicly available information from security researchers, AiLock appears to focus on technology companies, consumer services, manufacturing, and public sector entities, though specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been extensively documented by CISA, FBI, or major security firms. The group's relatively recent emergence and limited public documentation suggest they may be a smaller operation or newly formed entity, with no notable major campaigns or high-profile ransoms publicly reported by established threat intelligence sources. Given the March 2026 first observation date and lack of subsequent major public reporting, AiLock's current operational status and capabilities remain largely undetermined by mainstream cybersecurity organizations. The group has been linked to 34 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 3, 2026; most recent post May 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 3, 2026Emanuelson-Podas listed by AiLockon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Construction sector, which has 415 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Emanuelson-Podas is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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

← All victims

Emanuelson-Podas, Inc.

listed as Emanuelson-Podas · Claimed by AiLock · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 3, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: AiLock
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Construction
Listed on leak site: Mar 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Emanuelson-Podas, Inc. is a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering firm based in the United States that specializes in building systems solutions. The firm provides engineering services across design disciplines for construction projects and maintains a portfolio of completed work. They operate under the domain epinc.com and offer services including portfolio work, careers, and client resources.

Industry: Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (MEP) Engineering

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by the threat actor, indicating successful exfiltration of business data from an engineering firm that likely holds sensitive project designs, client information, and internal records. MEP engineering firms handling building systems may also possess infrastructure-sensitive documentation.

The AiLock ransomware group claims to have attacked Emanuelson-Podas, Inc. and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of company data, though no specific ransom amount or data volume has been stated.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Engineering project files
Business records
Employee information
Client data

What the group claims

Emanuelson-Podas, Inc. is a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering firm that specializes in creating innovative building system solutions.

Sources

Victim siteepinc.com

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

This page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.