Disclosure context

About lockbit5

Based on the provided data, LockBit5 appears to be a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in December 2025, representing what may be a new iteration or rebrand within the LockBit ransomware ecosystem, with primary financial motivations evidenced by their targeting of high-value sectors. Given the LockBit naming convention and the timing of emergence, this group likely operates from Eastern Europe or Russia and may represent either a continuation of previous LockBit operations or a new affiliate group leveraging the established LockBit brand, though specific organizational details remain undocumented by major security agencies. While detailed attack methodologies have not been publicly documented by CISA, FBI, or major security researchers, the group's targeting pattern across 157 victims suggests a broad-spectrum approach focusing on technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation sectors primarily in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Italy, and Mexico. Due to the group's recent emergence in December 2025, there are no publicly documented notable campaigns or major incidents reported by established threat intelligence sources, though the victim count indicates active operations. The group appears to be currently active based on the recent first observation date, though comprehensive analysis from major security agencies has not yet been published given the short timeframe since emergence. The group has been linked to 252 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 7, 2025; most recent post May 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 7, 2026de.yangming.com listed by lockbit5on the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation/Logistics sector, which has 847 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, de.yangming.com is reported in DE, a country with 333 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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de.yangming.com

Claimed by lockbit5 · listed 13 days ago

13d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 7, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: lockbit5
Status: Data leaked
Country: DE
Sector: Transportation/Logistics
Listed on leak site: May 7, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is a major Taiwanese international shipping line. Its German division (de.yangming.com) serves as a regional office handling container shipping and freight logistics operations across Europe. Yang Ming is one of the larger global container carriers operating international trade routes.

Industry: Marine Shipping & Freight Transportation
Address: Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Germany), Germany (specific street address not stated)

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by the threat actor against a major international shipping/logistics company's regional division, indicating confirmed exfiltration of significant business data; logistics sector data may include supply chain, customer, and financial records at scale.

The Lockbit5 group claims to have attacked Yang Ming's German division and has published data ('data_published' status), indicating exfiltration of company data with disclosure already executed.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate business data
Logistics and shipping records
Potentially customer/partner information
Internal operational documents

What the group claims

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is a major Taiwanese shipping line whose German division man...

Sources

Source

Indexed 13 days ago

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