Disclosure context

About blacknevas

Blacknevas is an emerging ransomware group that was first observed in August 2025, appearing to be primarily financially motivated based on their targeting patterns and operational characteristics. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their diverse geographic targeting suggests either a distributed operation or broad opportunistic approach. Based on available victim data, Blacknevas has compromised at least 23 organizations across multiple countries, with the United States, Spain, India, Japan, and Thailand being the most frequently targeted nations, while their sector focus spans technology, manufacturing, energy, and consumer services industries, suggesting they employ opportunistic rather than sector-specific targeting methodologies. The group's attack vectors, specific tools, and whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or maintain independent operations have not been publicly documented by major cybersecurity firms or government agencies. Due to the group's recent emergence in August 2025, there is insufficient public reporting from established sources like CISA, FBI, or major threat intelligence providers to detail notable campaigns or significant attacks beyond the confirmed victim count. Given the recency of their first observed activity, Blacknevas appears to remain active as of late 2025, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from authoritative sources have yet to be published. The group has been linked to 31 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 6, 2025; most recent post April 30, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: black nevas.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 8, 2026Applied LNG listed by blacknevason the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Energy sector, which has 374 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Applied LNG is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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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Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc.

listed as Applied LNG · Claimed by blacknevas · listed 4 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jan 8, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: blacknevas
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Energy
Listed on leak site: Jan 8, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc. (doing business as Applied LNG) is a Westlake Village, California-based company founded in 1995 and specializing in liquefied natural gas solutions across North America. The company provides turn-key energy services including equipment financing, maintenance, and logistics, with a focus on the motor fuel market and power generation. It was one of the first LNG organizations in the US dedicated to those segments and has accumulated over 20 years of industry expertise.

Industry: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Solutions & Distribution
Address: 5716 Corsa Ave. Ste. 200, Westlake Village, CA 91362, United States
Founded: 1995

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published) by the threat actor against a U.S. energy sector company, indicating confirmed exfiltration with public release. The energy sector designation and operational nature of the business elevate severity, though the specific content of the leaked files is not detailed enough to confirm regulated/PII data at scale that would warrant critical.

The blacknevas ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated data from Applied LNG and has published a file listing via an external file-sharing link (Gofile), indicating data has been released rather than merely threatened. No ransom amount or specific data volume was stated.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

File listing (Gofile link)

The group's post references roughly 1 proof file.

What the group claims

file listing https://gofile.io/d/wsV8hlApplied LNG specializes in providing liquefied natural gas (LNG) solutions for various energy needs, including equipment financing, maintenance, and logistics. The company emphasizes the environmental benefits of natural gas, highlighting its clean-burning properties that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Founded in 1995, Applied LNG has over 20 years of experience and expertise in the LNG sector, particularly in the motor fuel market and power generation.

Sources

Source

Indexed 4 months ago

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