Was Karl Malone Toyota hit by ransomware?

Karl Malone Toyota was listed by the Meow ransomware operation (United States), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the Meow ransomware group?

Meow is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Karl Malone Toyota breach?

Meow published data attributed to Karl Malone Toyota (~120 GB). Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Karl Malone Toyota

Claimed by Meow · listed 2 years ago

120 GB

Data size

20m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedNov 14, 2024
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Meow
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Nov 14, 2024
Data size: 120 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Karl Malone Toyota is a Toyota dealership located in Draper, Utah, offering new and preowned vehicle sales, maintenance and repair services, and flexible financing options. The dealership serves customers across a range of automotive needs including popular Toyota models such as Camry, Corolla, RAV4, and Tacoma.

Industry: Automotive Retail & Service
Address: Draper, Utah, United States

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration of 120 GB of sensitive personal information at scale, including PII (passports, driver's licenses, dates of birth), medical records, health insurance data, and financial documents from both employees and customers—all regulated data categories.

The Meow group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 120 GB of confidential data from Karl Malone Toyota, including employee personal information, customer records, financial documents, contracts, medical records, and insurance documentation.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee personal data (passports, driver's licenses)
Customer contact details and purchase records
Insurance policies and contracts
Financial documents (invoices, bank statements, tax forms)
Business operation documents
Medical records and prescriptions
Health insurance documentation
Identification documents
Dates of birth

What the group claims

Dear customers!We are excited to offer exclusive access to over 120 GB of confidential data from Karl Malone Toyota, a trusted Toyota dealership located in Draper, Utah. Known for its extensive inventory of new and preowned Toyota vehicles, including popular models like the Camry, Corolla, RAV4, and Tacoma, Karl Malone Toyota is committed to meeting a wide range of customer preferences and automotive needs.Key Services Offered: Vehicle Sales: A broad selection of new and used Toyota vehicles tailored to customer requirements. Service Center: Maintenance and repair services by trained technicians using genuine Toyota parts for optimal performance and reliability. Flexible Financing: Assistance with purchasing or leasing vehicles through tailored financing options to ensure a seamless buying experience. Customer Satisfaction: A commitment to creating a positive and convenient experience for all visitors.Karl Malone Toyota is dedicated to supporting its customers at every stage of vehicle ownership, providing quality, convenience, and exceptional service.This comprehensive data pack includes: Employee data: Personal details, passports, drivers licenses. Client information: Contact details, purchase records. Contracts and agreements: Insurance policies, business contracts, and service agreements. Financial documents: Invoices, bank statements, transaction reports, tax forms. Business operation documents: Contracts, business profiles, government notifications, registration documents. Personal data: Dates of birth, identification documents. Medical records: Prescriptions, medical cards, health insurance documentation. Insurance records: Insurance coverage documentation, policies. And much more.This data pack provides valuable insights into Karl Malone Toyotas operations, making it particularly relevant for professionals in automotive retail, finance, business analysis, and related fields.T

Sources

Leak posthttp://meow6xanhzfci2gbkn3lmbqq7xjjufskkdfocqdngt3ltvzgqpsg5mid.onion/product/132

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About Meow

Meow is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in November 2023, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group has compromised at least 145 known victims in a short operational timeframe, demonstrating rapid scaling of their criminal enterprise. Based on their targeting patterns, Meow appears to focus heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada representing their primary victim base, though they have also expanded operations to include targets in Italy and Colombia. The group shows a preference for attacking business services organizations, manufacturing companies, healthcare institutions, and agriculture and food production entities, suggesting they may employ broad-spectrum targeting rather than highly specialized sector focus. Their emergence in late 2023 and the significant victim count achieved in a relatively short period indicates either a sophisticated operation with experienced operators or potential links to existing ransomware ecosystems, though specific details about their attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or data exfiltration practices have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence sources. Given the recent timeline of their emergence and limited public reporting from established security researchers, detailed technical analysis of their tools, tactics, and procedures remains sparse. The group appears to remain active as of current reporting, though comprehensive law enforcement actions or major disruption efforts have not been publicly documented. The group has been linked to 145 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 24, 2023; most recent post November 19, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

November 14, 2024Karl Malone Toyota listed by Meowon the group's public leak site

Data size: 120 GB

Other recent disclosures by Meow

Meow has been linked to 145 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 3,796 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Karl Malone Toyota is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Meow means Karl Malone Toyota appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. 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 Meow'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.