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, 2026TSG Enterprises listed by akiraon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track.

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TSG Enterprises

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
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: May 19, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

TSG Enterprises, LLC is a business consulting firm that empowers entrepreneurs and businesses through expert consultations, strategic guidance, and customized solutions. The company focuses on building partnerships that drive growth and support long-term success for its clients. No public website was available to confirm further operational details such as location or scale.

Industry: Business Consulting & Advisory Services

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The group claims exfiltration of regulated PII at scale — including SSNs, passport scans, and driver's licenses for both employees and clients — which constitutes sensitive identity data subject to breach notification laws; combined with financial records and NDAs, the exposure is broad and severe.

Akira claims to have exfiltrated approximately 18 GB of corporate data from TSG Enterprises, LLC, including detailed employee and client personal information (names, addresses, SSNs, driver's licenses, passport scans), contracts, financial records, NDAs, and other confidential documents, with publication of the data described as imminent.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee personally identifiable information (names, addresses, SSNs)
Client personally identifiable information (names, addresses, SSNs)
Driver's license scans
Passport scans
Contracts and agreements
Detailed financial records
Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
Other confidential documents

What the group claims

TSG Enterprises, LLC empowers entrepreneurs and businesses through expert consultations, strate gic guidance, and customized solutions. Their mission is to provide the knowledge, resources, a nd innovation essential for thriving in today's market. The company focuses on building strong partnerships that drive growth and support long-term success, enabling clients to achieve their goals with clarity and confidence. We will upload 18gb of corporate data soon. Detailed employee and clients personal information (name, addresses, SSN numbers, DLs and passport scans), contracts and agreements, detailed fina ncials, NDAs and other confidential docs.

Source

Indexed 1 day ago

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