Disclosure context

About LockBit

LockBit is a highly prolific ransomware group that emerged in October 2020 and has become one of the most active ransomware operations globally, with over 3,500 documented victims and a primary motivation of financial gain through extortion. The group is suspected to originate from Russia and operates as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, recruiting affiliates to conduct attacks while providing them with ransomware tools, infrastructure, and support. LockBit primarily gains initial access through exploiting vulnerabilities in public-facing applications, credential stuffing attacks, and phishing campaigns, employing double extortion tactics where they steal sensitive data before encrypting systems and threatening to leak the information if ransom demands are not met. The group has demonstrated significant technical sophistication, developing multiple variants including LockBit 3.0 (also known as LockBit Black), and has been particularly active in targeting business services, manufacturing, technology, and healthcare sectors across the United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy. Despite ongoing law enforcement efforts and international cooperation to disrupt their operations, including seizures of infrastructure and arrests of affiliates, LockBit has shown resilience and adaptability, continuing to operate and evolve their tactics while maintaining their position as one of the most dominant ransomware threats in the cybercriminal landscape. The group has been linked to 3,536 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 21, 2020; most recent post March 30, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: LockBit 3.0, LockBit Black, LockBit Green, ABCD ransomware.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 1, 2026diesel-electric.co.za listed by LockBiton the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Energy sector, which has 374 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, diesel-electric.co.za is reported in South Africa, a country with 11 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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The Diesel-Electric Group

listed as diesel-electric.co.za · Claimed by LockBit · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 1, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: LockBit
Status: Data leaked
Country: South Africa
Sector: Energy
Listed on leak site: Mar 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Diesel-Electric Group is a South African company operating as an authorised Bosch Service Dealer network, e-CAR Service Centers, and affiliated with Bosch SA. The group provides diesel-electric automotive and industrial equipment repair, diagnostics, and servicing across South Africa.

Industry: Automotive & Industrial Equipment Services

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published), confirming exfiltration of business data from a multi-brand automotive services group with multiple operating entities; scope of sensitive data (customer PII, financial records) is plausible but not fully detailed.

LockBit claims to have attacked The Diesel-Electric Group, including its Bosch Service Dealer and e-CAR Service Center operations, with data published indicating exfiltration of company data. The disclosure status is marked as data_published, suggesting stolen data has been released.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Potentially customer records
Potentially financial records

What the group claims

The Diesel-Electric Group including Bosch Service Dealers, e-CAR Service Centers and Bosch SA togeth...

Sources

Victim sitediesel-electric.co.za

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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