Was Nike, Inc. hit by ransomware?

Nike, Inc. was listed by the worldleaks ransomware operation (United States), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the worldleaks ransomware group?

worldleaks is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Nike, Inc. breach?

worldleaks published data attributed to Nike, Inc.. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Nike, Inc.

Claimed by Worldleaks · listed 5 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJan 22, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Worldleaks
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Consumer Services
Listed on leak site: Jan 22, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Nike, Inc. is a globally recognized sportswear, footwear, and equipment company headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. Founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports and rebranded as Nike, Inc. in 1971, it designs, markets, and sells athletic and lifestyle products across more than 190 countries. Nike is one of the world's largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel by revenue.

Industry: Sportswear & Athletic Footwear
Address: One Bowerman Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA
Employees: 79000
Founded: 1964

Attack summary

Severity: low — The leak post contains only AI-generated descriptive text about Nike with no evidence of actual exfiltrated data, no proof files, no data inventory, no ransom demand, and no operational impact stated. The 'data_published' status is unsubstantiated by any content in the post.

The group 'worldleaks' claims a data disclosure against Nike, Inc. with a status of 'data_published'; however, the leak post content appears to be entirely AI-generated boilerplate with no specific claims of encryption, exfiltration, or publication of actual stolen data.

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Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

Nike, Inc. is a globally recognized sports apparel and equipment company headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. Founded in 1964 as "Blue Ribbon Sports" by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, it officially became Nike, Inc. in 1971. Known for its iconic "Swoosh" logo and "Just Do It" slogan, Nike offers comprehensive collections of sportswear, sports equipment, accessories, and services for a variety of sports.

Sources

Victim sitewww.nike.com
Leak posthttps://worldleaksartrjm3c6vasllvgacbi5u3mgzkluehrzhk2jz4taufuid.onion/companies/1560961974

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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Disclosure context

About worldleaks

Based on the limited available data, worldleaks is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in May 2025 and appears to be primarily financially motivated, having claimed 134 victims in a relatively short timeframe since its emergence. The group's origin and organizational structure remain unclear, with no publicly documented information from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their country of origin, potential affiliations, or operational model. Their targeting patterns indicate a focus on English-speaking countries, particularly the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, with additional activity observed in Germany and Japan, while their sector targeting shows a preference for healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and consumer services organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation by established threat intelligence sources, specific details about their attack methodologies, encryption techniques, extortion tactics, and notable campaigns have not yet been comprehensively analyzed or reported by organizations such as CISA, FBI, or major cybersecurity research firms. The group appears to remain active as of the most recent observations, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiling awaits further analysis and documentation by established cybersecurity authorities. The group has been linked to 167 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 18, 2025; most recent post June 11, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 22, 2026Nike, Inc. listed by worldleakson the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by worldleaks

worldleaks has been linked to 167 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Consumer Services sector, which has 396 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Nike, Inc. is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by worldleaks means Nike, 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on worldleaks'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.