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NetExam (netexam.com)

Claimed by Emperador · listed 3 days ago

18.1 MB
Data size
17000 files records
3d
Age
since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

  1. ListedSep 10, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group
Emperador
Status
Listed for ransom
Country
United States
Sector
Education Technology/SaaS
Listed on leak site
Sep 10, 2026
Data size
18.1 MB
Records
17000 files

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

NetExam LMS+ is a US-based SaaS learning management system headquartered in Dallas that enables companies to train, certify, and support their channel partners, customers, and association members. The platform offers certification tracking, self-paced and instructor-led courses, e-commerce, white-labeling, Salesforce integration, and AI-powered course authoring. Notable clients include AMD, AT&T, Oracle, Trellix, and Sabre.

Industry
Education Technology / Learning Management Systems (SaaS)
Address
Dallas, United States

Attack summary

Severity: high — Claimed exfiltration of complete infrastructure access including databases and credentials affecting a SaaS platform serving major enterprise clients (AMD, AT&T, Oracle). The threat to customer data and operational disruption of a learning platform used by significant organizations elevates this to high severity, though no specific regulated data categories (PII at massive scale, financial records, etc.) are explicitly detailed in the leak post.

The Emperador group claims to have achieved complete access to NetExam's internal infrastructure, including all servers, databases, emails, and admin credentials. They claim to have exfiltrated data and encrypted critical systems, with a 14-day deadline for ransom response before data publication and permanent loss.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • internal infrastructure access (servers, databases, emails, admin credentials)
  • customer/client data
  • configuration and system files

What the group claims

NetExam LMS+, a US-based SaaS learning management system built for external audiences. Helps companies train, certify, and enable channel partners, customers, and association members. Headquartered in Dallas, with clients including AMD, AT&T, Oracle, Trellix, and Sabre.

The leak post

captured from the group's site
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Data the group says was taken

  • customer data

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for NetExam (netexam.com)

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 days ago

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Disclosure context

About emperador

Emperador is a ransomware group first observed in August 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, though its limited operational history makes comprehensive attribution difficult at this time. Based on available data, the group has recorded at least one confirmed victim, with targeting concentrated in the Philippines and a demonstrated focus on the Government and Defense sector, suggesting either opportunistic targeting or a deliberate interest in sensitive public-sector data. Specific details regarding initial access vectors, encryption methodologies, and tooling have not been publicly documented by CISA, the FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable threat intelligence sources as of this profile's compilation, and no affiliation with known ransomware-as-a-service ecosystems or established threat actor clusters has been formally established. No notable high-profile campaigns, record ransom demands, or law enforcement actions have been publicly attributed to this group, which is consistent with its nascent operational timeline and minimal victim count. Given its very recent emergence and limited observed activity, Emperador should be considered an emerging and uncharacterized threat requiring continued monitoring, particularly by organizations operating within Philippine government and defense environments. The group has been linked to 27 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 12, 2026; most recent post September 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • September 10, 2026NetExam (netexam.com) listed by emperador on the group's public leak site
Data size
18.1 MB
Records
17000 files

Other recent disclosures by emperador

emperador has been linked to 27 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full emperador dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Education Technology/SaaS sector. Geographically, NetExam (netexam.com) is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by emperador means NetExam (netexam.com) appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. 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.
  • Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on emperador'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.