Disclosure context

About hive

Hive is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in August 2021, operating as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model to maximize their criminal enterprise's reach and profitability. The group is suspected to have origins in Eastern Europe based on their operational patterns and linguistic indicators, though definitive attribution remains unclear, and they operate independently while recruiting affiliates to conduct attacks on their behalf. Hive primarily gains initial access through compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials, phishing campaigns, and exploitation of known vulnerabilities in public-facing applications, subsequently deploying their custom ransomware payload that uses a combination of RSA and AES encryption algorithms while simultaneously exfiltrating sensitive data before encryption to enable double extortion tactics where they threaten to publish stolen information if ransom demands are not met. The group has targeted over 208 victims globally with a particular focus on manufacturing companies, business services, information technology firms, healthcare services, and internet and telecommunication services, primarily in the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Indonesia, and China, including notable attacks against healthcare systems and critical infrastructure that drew significant attention from law enforcement agencies. In January 2023, the FBI announced the successful disruption of Hive's operations, seizing their dark web leak sites and decryption keys, effectively dismantling the group's infrastructure and providing free decryption tools to victims. The group has been linked to 208 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 14, 2021; most recent post January 16, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 11, 2023G.W. Becker listed by hiveon 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, G.W. Becker is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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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G.W. Becker

Claimed by hive · listed 3 years ago

40m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jan 11, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: hive
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Jan 11, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

G.W. Becker, Inc. is a family-owned, single-source provider of overhead crane products and services headquartered in the United States (phone area code 724, western Pennsylvania). Founded in 1980, the company designs and manufactures custom overhead cranes, hoists, and components to CMAA and AIST specifications, and provides installation, inspection, field service, and preventative maintenance throughout North America.

Industry: Overhead Crane & Hoist Manufacturing and Services
Employees: 51-200
Founded: 1980

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data exfiltration is claimed by Hive with imminent publication threatened; the company handles custom engineering projects and likely holds sensitive business, customer, and employee data. Disclosure status is 'data_published', indicating data was ultimately released, elevating severity despite no specific regulated data categories confirmed.

The Hive ransomware group claims an attack on G.W. Becker, Inc. and has announced that data is forthcoming ('DATA IS COMING SOON'), indicating exfiltration is asserted but publication of the data had not yet occurred at time of disclosure.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business operational data
Engineering and design documents
Customer records
Employee information
Financial records

What the group claims

***** DATA IS COMING SOON **** G.W. Becker, Inc. is a full service, single source, provider of choice for quality overhead crane products and solutions. Family owned since 1980, we have grown from a local overhead crane parts supplier to a recognized industry leader offering a full spectrum of overhead crane related products and services throughout North America. Proud to be an Executive Member of the Crane Manufacturer’s Association of America, we design and manufacture custom overhead cranes, hoists and components to CMAA Specifications (Class “A” through “F”) or AIST Technical Report #6. We utilize our knowledgeable in-house team of mechanical, structural and electrical engineers to offer application assistance, custom design engineering and manufacturing of overhead crane products with our customers’ needs first and foremost. Empowered with highly trained and qualified technicians, G.W. Becker, Inc. provides self-performing installations, inspections and field service repairs for all makes and models of overhead cranes; providing compliance with local regulations and ensuring a safe and productive material handling operation. Staying true to our mission and values, we strive to understand our customers’ needs and deliver specialized expertise and long-term planning solutions for the unique challenges of purchasing and maintaining overhead crane and hoist equipment.

Sources

Victim sitegwbcrane.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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