Was Visionwheel hit by ransomware?

Visionwheel was listed by the payoutsking ransomware operation (United States), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the payoutsking ransomware group?

payoutsking is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Visionwheel breach?

payoutsking published data attributed to Visionwheel. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Vision Wheel

listed as Visionwheel · Claimed by Payoutsking · listed 5 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJan 14, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Payoutsking
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Listed on leak site: Jan 14, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Vision Wheel (visionwheel.com) is a manufacturer and distributor of aftermarket wheels and tires for a wide range of vehicles, including off-road, UTV, street, trailer, HD/van, and ATV/golf applications. The company sells through a dealer network and online retailers across the United States. It also offers accessories, apparel, and a racer program.

Industry: Automotive Wheels & Tires Manufacturing

Attack summary

Severity: medium — The disclosure status is 'data_published', indicating data has been released, but the leak post provides no specific data description, file count, or size for this victim, and no regulated/sensitive data categories are confirmed. Severity is medium pending further detail.

The ransomware group PayoutsKing claims to have exfiltrated data from Vision Wheel and has listed the company with a 'data_published' (Disclosed) status. No specific data size, ransom demand, or detailed data inventory was provided in the leak post for this victim.

medium

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

Visionwheel is a prominent manufacturing company that produces high-quality, aesthetically-designed alloy wheels for various vehicles such as cars, light trucks, and SUVs. The company offers a wide range of styles, finishes, and sizes, catering to diverse customer requirements. Visionwheel ensures a rigorous testing process to maintain robust safety standards. It also continually innovates in design to stay abreast in the competitive auto industry.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

PayoutsKing PayoutsKing Blog News About Partnership Welcome PK MAIN TOX: 535F403A2EA2DC71A392E18D7DB77FEF70845C0B7E5B9114CD30D301870304379C3547E324E2 Company Create Website Country Revenue Employees Actions Data Views Status H****l 2026-04-21 t****.com USA $786M ** Exfiltrated 860GB 0 Declared 1d 02:08 F****p 2026-04-14 fl****.com USA $2.7B ** Exfiltrated &amp; Encrypted 1.1TB 0 Declared 1d 02:08 H****o 2026-04-01 has****.com USA $TBD ** Exfiltrated &amp; Encrypted 4.8TB 0 Declared 1d 02:08 A****y 2026-03-31 ape****.com USA $309M ** Exfiltrated &amp; Encrypted 3TB 0 Declared 2d 00:04 NTN Bearing Corporation of America 2026-04-24 ntnamericas.com USA $1.5B 4700 Exfiltrated 596GB 420 Proof 6d 02:09 About company: NTN Bearing is a producer of ball and roller bearings, with plants around the globe and a strong, domestic manufacturing network. Data description: Confidential, Employees&#39; PII (Personally Identifiable Information), Correspondence, Financial, Engineering, Contracts, Agreements, NDA, FULL INFO SunSource 2026-04-20 sun-source.com USA $2B 3500 Exfiltrated 700GB 3401 Disclosed About company: SunSource is a distribution company, providing products, services, and information in…

Sources

Victim sitevisionwheel.com
Leak posthttps://payoutsgn7cy6uliwevdqspncjpfxpmzgirwl2au65la7rfs5x3qnbqd.onion/cy7n5xY5EcI2gKKtbF5K

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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Disclosure context

About payoutsking

PayoutsKing is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in July 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating broad geographic and sectoral targeting capabilities. With limited public documentation available from major threat intelligence sources, the group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting pattern suggests a professional ransomware operation rather than opportunistic attacks. Based on available victim data, PayoutsKing has compromised approximately 60 organizations across multiple sectors, with primary focus on the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, and Spain, targeting manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and construction industries alongside various other sectors. The group's attack methodology, encryption techniques, and whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics have not been publicly detailed by established security researchers or government agencies. Given the group's recent emergence in July 2025, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents documented by reputable sources such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant at this time. PayoutsKing appears to remain active as of current reporting, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from established security firms have not yet been published due to the group's recent emergence. The group has been linked to 100 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 7, 2025; most recent post May 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 14, 2026Visionwheel listed by payoutskingon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by payoutsking

payoutsking has been linked to 100 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, Visionwheel is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by payoutsking means Visionwheel 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on payoutsking'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.