Disclosure context

About lockbit5

Based on the provided data, LockBit5 appears to be a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in December 2025, representing what may be a new iteration or rebrand within the LockBit ransomware ecosystem, with primary financial motivations evidenced by their targeting of high-value sectors. Given the LockBit naming convention and the timing of emergence, this group likely operates from Eastern Europe or Russia and may represent either a continuation of previous LockBit operations or a new affiliate group leveraging the established LockBit brand, though specific organizational details remain undocumented by major security agencies. While detailed attack methodologies have not been publicly documented by CISA, FBI, or major security researchers, the group's targeting pattern across 157 victims suggests a broad-spectrum approach focusing on technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation sectors primarily in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Italy, and Mexico. Due to the group's recent emergence in December 2025, there are no publicly documented notable campaigns or major incidents reported by established threat intelligence sources, though the victim count indicates active operations. The group appears to be currently active based on the recent first observation date, though comprehensive analysis from major security agencies has not yet been published given the short timeframe since emergence. The group has been linked to 252 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 7, 2025; most recent post May 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 1, 2026irestal.com listed by lockbit5on 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, irestal.com is reported in ES, a country with 116 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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irestal.com

Claimed by lockbit5 · listed 20 days ago

19d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 1, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: lockbit5
Status: Data leaked
Country: ES
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Irestal Group is a Spanish company founded in 1945, pioneering the introduction of stainless steel in the Spanish market. It distributes and processes stainless steel products (flat, long, tubing, aluminium, accessories) across 19 delegations in 4 countries, serving over 14,000 clients in 37 countries. The company operates a central warehouse of over 30,000 m² and holds ISO 9001:2015 certification.

Industry: Stainless Steel Distribution & Processing
Address: Carretera d'Olesa a Martorell, Km 4,5, Martorell, Spain
Founded: 1945

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the threat actor, confirming exfiltration. Irestal Group operates across 37 countries with 14,000+ clients; published data likely includes significant business and potentially client-related information, constituting a high-severity disclosure.

LockBit 5 claims to have attacked Irestal Group and has published data ('data_published' status), indicating exfiltration and likely publication of company data. No specific ransom amount or data volume was disclosed in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Client records
Internal documents

What the group claims

Irestal Group has over 80 years of experience providing stainless steel solutions, with a service ce...

Sources

Victim siteirestal.com
Leak posthttp://lockbitapt67g6rwzjbcxnww5efpg4qok6vpfeth7wx3okj52ks4wtad.onion/post/3bd782e86233af39b5d5f29df6f196e8

Source

Indexed 20 days ago

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