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Metaval Consolidated

listed as metaval.com.au · Claimed by Incransom · listed 2 months ago

58d
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedMay 17, 2026
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Status
Data leaked
Country
Australia
Listed on leak site
May 17, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Metaval Consolidated is an Australian-owned manufacturers representative firm headquartered in Bayswater, Melbourne, established in 1967. The company supplies engineered industrial products across all Australian states and territories, serving sectors including water, manufacturing, mining, and processing. It represents numerous leading international brands and operates from its own industrial premises and warehouse.

Industry
Industrial Equipment & Manufacturers Representatives
Address
Bayswater, Victoria, Australia
Employees
50
Founded
1967

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the threat actor, confirming exfiltration rather than a mere listing. The compromised data likely includes business-sensitive information, employee records, and customer data for a company operating across all Australian states and territories, constituting significant business data exposure.

The incransom group claims to have compromised Metaval Consolidated and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), suggesting exfiltration of company data, though specific details on encryption or the precise nature of exfiltrated files are not described in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Company financial records
  • Employee information
  • Customer and consultant contact data
  • Project documentation
  • Business operations data

What the group claims

Metaval Consolidated is an Australian owned and operated manufacturers representative supplying all Australian states and territories. Metaval was established in 1967 to provide an engineering supply service to users in the paper industry. As our company grew and diversified, the range of industries serviced also increased. Today we provide engineered products to all major industries in Australia. We represent some of the worlds leading manufacturers in the supply of industrial equipment to a wide range of industries including water, manufacturing, mining and processing. Since commencing operations we have: Grown to be a leading Melbourne-based manufacturers representative for dozens of well known international brands. Worked and consulted on hundreds of projects from thousands of dollars to million dollar projects. Located in our own industrial premises and warehouse in Bayswater. Work with customers and consultants located in all Australian states and territories. Employees: 50 Revenue: $5 Million Industry: Home Improvement & Hardware Retail Phone Number: (646) 256-4886

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Incransom

Incransom is a ransomware group that emerged in August 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations as evidenced by their targeting of high-value sectors across multiple developed nations. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they likely operate independently rather than as a ransomware-as-a-service model. With 734 documented victims, Incransom has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia, with particular focus on healthcare, technology, business services, and manufacturing sectors, though their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by established security researchers or government agencies. The group's notable campaigns and specific high-profile victims have not been publicly detailed by CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable threat intelligence sources, suggesting either operational security effectiveness or limited visibility into their most significant operations. Based on available intelligence, Incransom appears to remain active as of recent reporting periods, though comprehensive analysis of their current operational status requires additional documentation from established threat intelligence sources. The group has been linked to 1,712 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2021; most recent post July 14, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: inc ransom, INC.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • May 17, 2026metaval.com.au listed by Incransomon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 3,796 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, metaval.com.au is reported in Australia, a country with 185 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Incransom means metaval.com.au 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, ACSC (Australia), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on Incransom'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.