Was Ellison Technologies hit by ransomware?

Ellison Technologies was listed by the Blackbyte 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 Blackbyte ransomware group?

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What data was leaked in the Ellison Technologies breach?

Blackbyte published data attributed to Ellison Technologies. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Ellison Technologies

Claimed by Blackbyte · listed 4 years ago

42m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJan 5, 2023
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Blackbyte
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Jan 5, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Ellison Technologies is a North American distributor and solutions provider of advanced CNC machining technologies, including machining centers, turning centers, EDM, grinding, automation, and additive manufacturing equipment. The company operates through a family of independent regional offices serving metal-cutting manufacturers across North America and their global affiliates. Its offerings span hardware, software, engineering solutions, spindle rebuild services, and post-install technical support.

Industry: CNC Machine Tool Distribution & Advanced Machining Solutions

Attack summary

Severity: high — The status is 'data_published', confirming that BlackByte has actually released exfiltrated data rather than merely listing the victim. Published exfiltration of business data from a multi-office industrial technology company represents significant exposure of potentially sensitive commercial, customer, and operational information, warranting a high severity rating.

BlackByte claims to have compromised Ellison Technologies and has published data as indicated by the 'data_published' disclosure status; the leak post does not explicitly detail whether encryption, exfiltration, or both occurred, nor does it specify the volume or type of data obtained.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business operational data
Customer records
Internal company documents

What the group claims

Ellison Technologies is a provider of advanced machining solutions to North American metal-cutting manufacturers and their global affiliates.As a family of companies we are committed to the survival and growth of the American manufacturing industry. Independent offices provide us a local market focus and the flexibility to advocate the needs of each of our valued customers.Our priority is to introduce technologies that strengthen our customers’ ability to compete in the markets they serve. Whether the solution involves a stand alone machine, multi-process equipment, or an integrated manufacturing system with robotic automation, our goal remains the same; to optimize throughput and quality at the lowest per-part manufacturing cost.

Sources

Victim siteellisontechnologies.com

Source

Indexed 4 years ago

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Disclosure context

About Blackbyte

BlackByte is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that emerged in October 2021, primarily motivated by financial gain through double extortion tactics targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group is suspected to operate from Russia or former Soviet states based on their use of Russian-language forums and avoidance of targeting organizations in Commonwealth of Independent States countries, though they maintain no confirmed links to other established ransomware families. BlackByte operators typically gain initial access through vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers, phishing campaigns, and exploitation of remote desktop protocol (RDP) services, employing tools such as Cobalt Strike for lateral movement and data exfiltration before deploying their custom ransomware payload that uses AES-256 encryption with RSA-2048 key protection. The group has demonstrated particular focus on critical infrastructure sectors, with the FBI and CISA issuing joint advisories in February 2022 highlighting attacks against organizations in government, healthcare, manufacturing, and education sectors, including notable incidents affecting San Francisco's transportation authority and multiple healthcare systems across the United States. BlackByte remains active as of 2024, continuing to evolve their tactics and maintain their leak site for publishing stolen data from victims who refuse to pay ransoms. The group has been linked to 147 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 4, 2021; most recent post July 30, 2025. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 5, 2023Ellison Technologies listed by Blackbyteon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Blackbyte

Blackbyte has been linked to 147 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 Manufacturing sector, which has 3,681 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Ellison Technologies is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Blackbyte means Ellison Technologies 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 Blackbyte'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.