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

April 14, 2026gas.mercedes-benz.com.eg listed by lockbit5on the group's public leak site

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, gas.mercedes-benz.com.eg is reported in EG, a country with 15 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Mercedes-Benz Egypt (GAS - General Automotive & Trading Co.)

listed as gas.mercedes-benz.com.eg · Claimed by lockbit5 · listed 1 month ago

36d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 14, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: lockbit5
Status: Data leaked
Country: EG
Sector: Transportation/Logistics
Listed on leak site: Apr 14, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Mercedes-Benz Egypt, operating under the domain gas.mercedes-benz.com.eg, is an authorised automobile dealer and motor vehicle distributor headquartered in Giza, Egypt, founded in 1967. The entity appears to be the official Mercedes-Benz franchise or authorised dealer/importer serving the Egyptian market. It operates within the automotive retail and distribution sector.

Industry: Automotive Dealership & Distribution
Address: Giza, Egypt
Founded: 1967

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by the ransomware group, indicating successful exfiltration from an authorised automotive dealership which likely holds customer PII, financial records, and business-sensitive data. The 'data_published' status elevates this beyond a mere listing.

LockBit 5 claims to have compromised the company and has published data ('data_published' status), indicating exfiltration of company data; specific file counts or data volumes were not disclosed in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Customer records
Internal documents

What the group claims

Mercedes-Benz, founded in 1967 and headquartered in Giza, Egypt, is a automobile dealer and motor ve...

Sources

Source

Indexed 1 month ago

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