Disclosure context

About Nokoyawa

Nokoyawa is a ransomware group that emerged in December 2022, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting organizations across multiple sectors including healthcare, non-profit, education, finance, and energy. The group has claimed at least 36 victims since its emergence, with attacks predominantly focused on the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, and the Philippines. While detailed technical analysis of Nokoyawa's operations remains limited in public reporting, the group appears to follow conventional ransomware tactics targeting critical infrastructure and essential services sectors. Their targeting of healthcare and educational institutions suggests they operate without the sector restrictions that some other ransomware groups have adopted. Notable campaigns include attacks across their preferred geographic regions, though specific high-profile incidents have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting from major security firms. As of current reporting, Nokoyawa appears to remain an active threat, though the group's relatively recent emergence means long-term operational patterns and potential law enforcement disruption efforts are still developing. The group has been linked to 36 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 9, 2022; most recent post August 4, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 23, 2023Hyundai Motors Etats-Unis listed by Nokoyawaon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Automotive sector, which has 11 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Hyundai Motors Etats-Unis is reported in MA, a country with 6 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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Hyundai Maroc

listed as Hyundai Motors Etats-Unis · Claimed by Nokoyawa · listed 3 years ago

36m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 23, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Nokoyawa
Status: Data leaked
Country: MA
Sector: Automotive
Listed on leak site: May 23, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Hyundai Maroc is the official Hyundai distributor in Morocco, headquartered in Casablanca. It offers a full range of Hyundai vehicles including sedans, SUVs, hybrids, and electric models, along with after-sales services, maintenance, and connected car services. The company operates a dealer network across Morocco and reports revenues in the $25M–$50M range.

Industry: Automotive Distribution & Dealership
Address: Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, Morocco
Employees: 251-500

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Status is listed as data_published indicating some form of disclosure has occurred, but no specific data categories, volume, or proof files are described in the leak post, limiting ability to assess regulated-data exposure.

The Nokoyawa ransomware group claims to have compromised Hyundai Maroc (listed as 'Hyundai Motors Etats-Unis') and has disclosed data, though no specific data volume or explicit exfiltration/encryption details were provided in the post.

medium

What the group claims

Hyundai Motors Etats-Unis is a company that operates in the Automotive industry. It employs 251-500 people and has %2425M-%2450M of revenue. The company is headquartered in Casablanca%2C Grand Casablanca%2C Morocco.

Sources

Victim sitehyundai.ma
Leak posthttp://nokoleakb76znymx443veg4n6fytx6spck6pc7nkr4dvfuygpub6jsid.onion/leak/64611c0048843000772d7e2b

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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