Disclosure context

About Nokoyawa

Nokoyawa is a ransomware group that emerged in December 2022, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting organizations across multiple sectors including healthcare, non-profit, education, finance, and energy. The group has claimed at least 36 victims since its emergence, with attacks predominantly focused on the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, and the Philippines. While detailed technical analysis of Nokoyawa's operations remains limited in public reporting, the group appears to follow conventional ransomware tactics targeting critical infrastructure and essential services sectors. Their targeting of healthcare and educational institutions suggests they operate without the sector restrictions that some other ransomware groups have adopted. Notable campaigns include attacks across their preferred geographic regions, though specific high-profile incidents have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting from major security firms. As of current reporting, Nokoyawa appears to remain an active threat, though the group's relatively recent emergence means long-term operational patterns and potential law enforcement disruption efforts are still developing. The group has been linked to 36 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 9, 2022; most recent post August 4, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

July 20, 2023CANAROPA Inc listed by Nokoyawaon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, CANAROPA Inc is reported in Canada, a country with 810 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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CANAROPA Inc

Claimed by Nokoyawa · listed 3 years ago

34m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jul 20, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Nokoyawa
Status: Data leaked
Country: Canada
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Jul 20, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

CANAROPA Inc is a leading contract manufacturer, importer, and distributor of quality commercial, residential, and architectural door hardware, headquartered in Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1954, its product range includes door locks, exit devices, door control, hinges, security hardware, and electrified hardware. Its products are distributed throughout North America across residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings.

Industry: Architectural & Commercial Door Hardware Manufacturing
Address: Quebec, Canada
Founded: 1954

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the threat actor, confirming exfiltration of business data. While the exact data categories are unspecified, a manufacturer of security hardware dealing with commercial clients across North America likely holds sensitive business, employee, and customer PII data, warranting a high severity classification.

Nokoyawa claims to have attacked CANAROPA Inc and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), suggesting exfiltration of company data, though the specific volume and nature of data exfiltrated are not detailed in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company business data
Potentially employee records
Potentially customer/partner records
Potentially financial records

What the group claims

Canaropa, founded in 1954 and headquartered in Quebec, Canada, is a leading provider of quality commercial and residential door locks that are secure, functional, and aesthetic. Canaropa offers a wide variety of exit devices for narrow and wide stiles with...

Sources

Victim sitecanaropa.com
Leak posthttp://nokoleakb76znymx443veg4n6fytx6spck6pc7nkr4dvfuygpub6jsid.onion/leak/64b95e9df6451b16e053bd7c

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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