Disclosure context

About AiLock

AiLock is an emerging ransomware group first observed in March 2026 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted at least 24 known victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad operational scope spanning the United States, Canada, Great Britain, China, and Germany. Based on publicly available information from security researchers, AiLock appears to focus on technology companies, consumer services, manufacturing, and public sector entities, though specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been extensively documented by CISA, FBI, or major security firms. The group's relatively recent emergence and limited public documentation suggest they may be a smaller operation or newly formed entity, with no notable major campaigns or high-profile ransoms publicly reported by established threat intelligence sources. Given the March 2026 first observation date and lack of subsequent major public reporting, AiLock's current operational status and capabilities remain largely undetermined by mainstream cybersecurity organizations. The group has been linked to 34 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 3, 2026; most recent post May 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 3, 2026Piet Vijverberg listed by AiLockon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Agriculture and Food Production sector, which has 536 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Piet Vijverberg is reported in NL, a country with 24 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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Piet Vijverberg

Claimed by AiLock · listed 2 months ago

47d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 3, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: AiLock
Status: Data leaked
Country: NL
Sector: Agriculture and Food Production
Listed on leak site: Apr 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Piet Vijverberg is a Dutch ornamental plant grower specializing in the cultivation of colorful Phalaenopsis orchids and Dracaena varieties, operating since 1946. Based in the Netherlands, the company sells to wholesale buyers via platforms such as Floriday and participates in major horticultural trade fairs. It employs a team of qualified staff and uses innovative cultivation techniques to supply high-quality plants to the international market.

Industry: Ornamental Horticulture & Floriculture
Founded: 1946

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published, confirming exfiltration, but no large-scale regulated data (medical, financial, government) has been evidenced, no ransom amount was stated, and the data volume is unspecified; the company is an SME in horticulture with moderate data sensitivity.

The AiLock ransomware group claims to have compromised Piet Vijverberg and has published data (disclosed status: data_published); the leak post confirms the attack but does not specify the volume of exfiltrated data or whether encryption occurred.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company operational data
Buyer/customer records (Floriday portal users)
Employee records
Business communications

What the group claims

Piet Vijverberg specializes in the innovative cultivation of colorful Phalaenopsis and Dracaena varieties.

Sources

Victim sitepietvijverberg.nl

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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