Disclosure context

About akira

Akira is a ransomware group that emerged in April 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and has rapidly established itself as a significant threat actor with over 1,500 documented victims. The group's country of origin remains unclear, though they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, recruiting affiliates to conduct attacks while the core group maintains the ransomware infrastructure and negotiation processes. Akira employs multi-faceted attack methodologies including exploitation of VPN vulnerabilities, particularly targeting Cisco VPN appliances, and utilizes living-off-the-land techniques along with legitimate administrative tools to avoid detection, while implementing double extortion tactics by exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their encryption payload. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy, with a particular focus on manufacturing, business services, technology, and construction sectors, though they have shown willingness to attack various industries. Despite being relatively new to the ransomware landscape, Akira has maintained consistent operations throughout 2023 and into 2024, with law enforcement agencies including CISA and FBI issuing advisories about their activities, though no major disruption operations have been publicly reported against the group as of late 2024. The group has been linked to 1,616 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 26, 2023; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Megazord.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 11, 2026Nijborg Staal listed by akiraon the group's public leak site

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, Nijborg Staal is reported in NL, a country with 24 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.

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Nijborg Staal

Claimed by akira · listed 10 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 11, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: akira
Status: Data leaked
Country: NL
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: May 11, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Nijborg Staal B.V. is a Dutch company specializing in the delivery and installation of steel constructions, stairs, and railings, as well as various special metal works. The company operates in the Netherlands and positions itself as a reliable, flexible, and service-oriented partner with a focus on high-quality standards across its projects.

Industry: Steel Construction & Metal Works

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration claim includes regulated personal data (passports, ID cards constituting PII) alongside significant business data (financials, contracts, project specifications); data has not yet been published but disclosure is stated as imminent, placing this at high severity with potential to reach critical upon publication.

The Akira ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 10 GB of corporate data from Nijborg Staal B.V., including employee personal identification documents, contracts, project documentation, and financial records, with publication of the data described as imminent.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee passports and ID cards
Employment contracts
Project drawings and specifications
Financial records
Corporate documents

What the group claims

Nijborg Staal B.V. specializes in the delivery and installation of steel constructions, stairs, and railings, as well as various special metal works. The company prides itself on being a rel iable, flexible, and service-oriented partner, ensuring high-quality standards in all projects. We will upload 10gb of corporate data soon. Employee personal information (passports, ID cards and so on), contracts, projects information (drawings, specifications, etc), financials and so on.

Source

Indexed 10 days ago

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