Disclosure context

About Interlock

Interlock is a recently emerged ransomware group that began operations in October 2024, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group's country of origin and potential affiliations remain unclear given their recent emergence, with insufficient public documentation to determine whether they operate as an independent entity or under a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Limited public information exists regarding their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, or encryption techniques, as major cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agencies have not yet published comprehensive technical analyses of their operations. Since beginning operations, Interlock has reportedly compromised approximately 100 victims, with their targeting primarily focused on organizations in English-speaking countries including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia, as well as Italy, while demonstrating a preference for attacking education, manufacturing, healthcare, and public sector entities. The group remains active as of late 2024, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from established security research organizations have not yet been published due to the group's recent emergence in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 109 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 13, 2024; most recent post May 11, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 16, 2026Abbott Media Productions listed by Interlockon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Abbott Media Productions 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.

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Abbott Media Productions

Claimed by Interlock · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 16, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Interlock
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Feb 16, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Abbott Media Productions is a Tucson, Arizona-based company specializing in 3D animation, technical animation, and video production services. They offer interactive applications, incident reenactments, product animation, and motion graphics. Their client base includes government agencies, defense contractors, and commercial organizations.

Industry: 3D Animation & Video Production
Address: Tucson, Arizona, United States

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the threat actor. The company's client base includes government agencies and defense contractors, meaning exfiltrated project files and related data could carry significant sensitivity. This elevates the risk beyond typical business data exposure, approaching critical but lacking confirmed specifics on regulated PII or classified material.

The Interlock ransomware group claims to have compromised Abbott Media Productions and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), implying exfiltration of company data. No ransom amount or specific data volume was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Government agency client data
Defense contractor client data
Commercial client data
Animation and production project files
Business records

What the group claims

Abbott Media Productions, based in Tucson, Arizona, specializes in 3D animation, technical animation, and a full range of video production services. They provide animation services and interactive applications, incident reenactments, product animation, and motion graphics. Their primary clients include government agencies, defense contractors, and commercial organizations.

Sources

Victim sitehttps:abbottanimation.com
Leak posthttp://c7bgta4watnqu64jnfgp4tzvhfhxgwveqnes65q3mcu4f34xvn7rumad.onion/index.php?p=

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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