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Dubai Air Wing

Claimed by Nova · listed 5 months ago

5m
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedJan 13, 2026
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Nova
Status
Data leaked
Country
UAE
Sector
Transportation/Logistics
Listed on leak site
Jan 13, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Dubai Air Wing is an aviation entity based in the UAE, associated with airline or air transport operations. Based on the sector classification and name, it is likely a government or royal-affiliated air wing operating in Dubai. No public website content was available to further detail its operations or scale.

Industry
Aviation / Military Air Transport

Attack summary

Severity: critical — 757 GB of data has been confirmed published (data_published status), the victim appears to be a government or state-affiliated aviation entity in the UAE, and the 'Mass Claim Records' descriptor suggests large-scale sensitive operational or personnel data. Government/defence-adjacent aviation organisations handling mass records at this volume represent a critical disclosure.

The Nova ransomware group claims to have encrypted Dubai Air Wing's systems on 12/01/2026 and subsequently leaked the data on 27/01/2026 after no contact was made; 757 GB of data described as 'Mass Claim Records' has been published.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Mass claim records
  • Encrypted system files

What the group claims

Dubai Royal Air Wing (otherwise simply known as the "Royal Airwing"[1]) is the paramilitary airline of the government of the United Arab Emirates. Dubai Royal Air Wing, located on the southeast side of Dubai International Airport (DXB), consists of a VIP terminal dedicated to the UAE royal family and special interest flights[1] and is primarily used by the Emir of Dubai, the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, members of the Dubai Royal family, as well as other influential government officials based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.We have all the employee information and financial data of the company. Stay tuned.

The leak post

captured from the group's site
Nova Blog NOVA Blog | PGP/Contact | Affiliate Program | AI-Assist Agent | Department of Support MAY 07, 2026 Desysweb Desysweb is a comprehensive technology solutions integrator specializing in telecommunications and IT services, including managed services and a Security Operation Center. With over 200 clients and more than 13 years of experience, they offer personalized consulting, high-quality materials, and competitive pricing. The company is ISO 27001:2022 certified, ensuring robust information security and data protection. Desysweb operates nationally with a presence in eight provinces and is committed to delivering tailored projects and 24/7 customer support through a team of certified engineers. - Los sistemas de la empresa están encriptados con más de 60 mil archivos en múltiples servidores. Tienes tiempo de contactarte con nuestro departamento a través de los canales indicados en el archivo de recuperación que está dentro de los sistemas encriptados. Una vez que termine la cuenta regresiva, ya no será posible recuperar la información y tus datos se perderán. Estamos listos para desencriptar cada uno de los archivos. Contáctanos cuanto antes. Business Services Software Test…

Sources

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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Disclosure context

About nova

Based on the limited available data, Nova is a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in April 2025 with an apparent financial motivation, having targeted approximately 95 victims in its brief operational period. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain undocumented by major security firms, though their targeting pattern suggests a broad opportunistic approach rather than geopolitically motivated attacks. Nova's attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been publicly detailed by established threat intelligence sources, though their victim distribution across the United States, France, Brazil, Singapore, and the Netherlands indicates either automated widespread targeting or access to diverse initial compromise vectors. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and education sectors, suggesting they may focus on organizations with critical operational dependencies that increase pressure for ransom payment. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation by major security researchers, Nova's current operational status, organizational structure, and long-term threat trajectory remain largely uncharacterized in established threat intelligence reporting. The group has been linked to 157 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 28, 2025; most recent post June 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • January 13, 2026Dubai Air Wing listed by novaon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by nova

nova has been linked to 157 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full nova dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation/Logistics sector, which has 847 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Dubai Air Wing is reported in UAE, a country with 41 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by nova means Dubai Air Wing 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 nova'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.