Was Evans Consoles hit by ransomware?

Evans Consoles was listed by the Royal 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 Royal ransomware group?

Royal 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 Evans Consoles breach?

Royal published data attributed to Evans Consoles. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Evans Consoles

Claimed by Royal · listed 3 years ago

41m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedFeb 16, 2023
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Royal
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Feb 16, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Evans Consoles is a global leader in control room solutions, specializing in the design, engineering, manufacturing, and installation of consoles and control room environments for mission-critical operations. The company serves over 15 industries including public safety, aviation, military and government, utilities, and energy. With over four decades of experience, Evans operates worldwide and counts numerous government agencies and public safety organizations among its clients.

Industry: Control Room Design & Manufacturing for Mission-Critical Operations
Employees: 51-200

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Evans Consoles serves numerous government agencies, military, public safety, and critical infrastructure sectors (utilities, aviation, air traffic control). Exfiltration of data from a company deeply embedded in mission-critical and government control room infrastructure represents a critical-severity disclosure with potential national security and public safety implications.

The Royal ransomware group claims to have attacked Evans Consoles and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of company data. No specific ransom amount or data size was stated in the post.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Internal business documents
Client records
Government agency project data
Employee information
Operational/project files

What the group claims

For over four decades, Evans has been the global leader in providing innovative solutions for mission-critical operations. We serve a diverse client base, including public safety, aviation, process control, utilities, and technology, as well as numerous government agencies. With the industry’s largest portfolio of projects worldwide, serving 15 industries, it’s our proven methodology, strict quality standards, and experience that make the difference for our customers. Looking for current openings? Jump on over to our careers page.Our executive team is the most experienced in the industry and provides the thought leadership that positions Evans as the Global Leader in mission-critical operations, console design and manufacturing.

Sources

Victim siteevansonline.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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Disclosure context

About Royal

Royal is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, quickly establishing itself as a significant threat with over 200 documented victims across multiple sectors. The group is believed to operate independently rather than as a ransomware-as-a-service model, though their exact country of origin remains unclear based on publicly available intelligence. Royal primarily gains initial access through phishing campaigns and exploitation of remote desktop protocols, subsequently deploying custom ransomware that encrypts victim files while exfiltrating sensitive data for double extortion tactics. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting critical infrastructure and public services, with notable attacks against educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and government entities primarily in the United States, though they have also significantly impacted organizations across Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and France. Their encryption methodology involves custom-built malware that systematically encrypts files while maintaining persistence on compromised networks. As of recent reporting from federal agencies including CISA and FBI advisories, Royal remains an active threat with ongoing campaigns targeting organizations across their preferred sectors, particularly focusing on entities with limited cybersecurity resources that may be more likely to pay ransom demands. The group has been linked to 211 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 4, 2022; most recent post July 19, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 16, 2023Evans Consoles listed by Royalon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Royal

Royal has been linked to 211 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 Technology sector, which has 3,549 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Evans Consoles is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Royal means Evans Consoles 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.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Royal'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.