Disclosure context

About akira

Akira is a ransomware group that emerged in April 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and has rapidly established itself as a significant threat actor with over 1,500 documented victims. The group's country of origin remains unclear, though they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, recruiting affiliates to conduct attacks while the core group maintains the ransomware infrastructure and negotiation processes. Akira employs multi-faceted attack methodologies including exploitation of VPN vulnerabilities, particularly targeting Cisco VPN appliances, and utilizes living-off-the-land techniques along with legitimate administrative tools to avoid detection, while implementing double extortion tactics by exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their encryption payload. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy, with a particular focus on manufacturing, business services, technology, and construction sectors, though they have shown willingness to attack various industries. Despite being relatively new to the ransomware landscape, Akira has maintained consistent operations throughout 2023 and into 2024, with law enforcement agencies including CISA and FBI issuing advisories about their activities, though no major disruption operations have been publicly reported against the group as of late 2024. The group has been linked to 1,616 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 26, 2023; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Megazord.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 19, 2026Acton Electrical listed by akiraon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Acton Electrical is reported in GB, a country with 309 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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Acton Electrical Pty Ltd

listed as Acton Electrical · Claimed by akira · listed 1 day ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 19, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: akira
Status: Data leaked
Country: GB
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: May 19, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Acton Electrical Pty Ltd specialises in the design, construction, supply, and installation of electrical services for industrial and commercial applications. Established in 1989, the company operates in the building industry offering services including fire detection systems, telecommunications, and project management. The 'Pty Ltd' designation indicates the company is likely incorporated in Australia, despite the current country listing of GB.

Industry: Electrical Contracting & Engineering Services
Founded: 1989

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The claimed exfiltration includes regulated personal identity documents (passports, driving licences) constituting PII at scale, combined with detailed financial records and business-sensitive project data across 73 GB, meeting the threshold for critical severity.

Akira claims to have exfiltrated approximately 73 GB of corporate data, including employee personal identification documents (passports, driving licences), contracts and agreements, detailed financial records, and project files, with publication of the data described as imminent.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee passports
Employee driving licences
Contracts and agreements
Financial records
Project files

What the group claims

Acton Electrical Pty Ltd specializes in the design, construction, supply, and installation of e lectrical services for industrial and commercial applications. Established in 1989, the company has built a strong reputation in the building industry, offering services such as fire detecti on systems, telecommunications, and project management. We will upload 73gb of corporate data soon. Employee personal information (passports DLs and so on), contracts and agreements, detailed financials, lots of project files, etc.

Source

Indexed 1 day ago

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