Disclosure context

About qilin

Qilin is a ransomware group that emerged in October 2022, operating with primarily financial motivations through targeted attacks against organizations across multiple sectors. The group appears to operate independently with limited public information available regarding their specific country of origin or affiliations to other ransomware families. Qilin employs double extortion tactics, typically exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their encryption payload, though specific details about their initial access vectors and technical tools remain less documented in public security research. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach, with their 1645 known victims spanning multiple countries including the United States, France, Canada, United Kingdom, and Germany, with particular focus on manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and business services sectors. Based on available intelligence reporting, Qilin remains an active threat as of recent assessments, continuing their ransomware operations without significant reported law enforcement disruption. The group has been linked to 1,858 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 8, 2022; most recent post May 21, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 8, 2026Exco Technologies listed by qilinon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Exco Technologies is reported in CA, a country with 278 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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Exco Technologies

Claimed by qilin · listed 12 days ago

12d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 8, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: qilin
Status: Data leaked
Country: CA
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: May 8, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Exco Technologies Limited is a publicly traded global supplier of innovative technologies serving the die-cast, extrusion, and automotive industries. The company operates through two main segments: Casting & Extrusion (die-casting and extrusion tooling/equipment) and Automotive Solutions (interior trim components and assemblies for passenger and light truck vehicles). It employs approximately 4,400 people across 20 locations in 9 countries including Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Thailand, Morocco, Italy, and Germany.

Industry: Automotive & Industrial Die-Cast, Extrusion Tooling and Interior Trim Manufacturing
Address: Corporate Head Office, Markham, Ontario, Canada (905 area code; full street address not stated in excerpt)
Employees: 4400

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by the threat actor, indicating successful exfiltration from a publicly traded multinational manufacturer with ~4,400 employees. Likely exposure of business-sensitive data including financial, operational, and employee records across multiple jurisdictions, though no regulated medical or government data is evident.

The Qilin ransomware group has claimed an attack on Exco Technologies with a disclosed status of 'data_published', indicating data has been exfiltrated and published. No specific ransom demand, data volume, or detailed description of stolen data categories was provided in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate financial records
Investor relations documents
Employee data
Manufacturing/engineering data
Business operations data
Supplier information

What the group claims

N/A

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Source

Indexed 12 days ago

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