Disclosure context

About Akira

Akira is a ransomware group that emerged in April 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and has rapidly established itself as a significant threat actor with over 1,500 documented victims. The group's country of origin remains unclear, though they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, recruiting affiliates to conduct attacks while the core group maintains the ransomware infrastructure and negotiation processes. Akira employs multi-faceted attack methodologies including exploitation of VPN vulnerabilities, particularly targeting Cisco VPN appliances, and utilizes living-off-the-land techniques along with legitimate administrative tools to avoid detection, while implementing double extortion tactics by exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their encryption payload. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy, with a particular focus on manufacturing, business services, technology, and construction sectors, though they have shown willingness to attack various industries. Despite being relatively new to the ransomware landscape, Akira has maintained consistent operations throughout 2023 and into 2024, with law enforcement agencies including CISA and FBI issuing advisories about their activities, though no major disruption operations have been publicly reported against the group as of late 2024. The group has been linked to 1,616 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 26, 2023; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Megazord.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 20, 2026Madesmart listed by Akiraon the group's public leak site

Data size: 31 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Madesmart 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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Madesmart

Claimed by Akira · listed 2 months ago

31 GB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 20, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Akira
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Mar 20, 2026
Data size: 31 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Madesmart specializes in home organization solutions designed for everyday life, with products covering kitchen, bath, and tabletop organization. The company focuses on functional and aesthetically designed organizational products for consumer use. It is based in the United States.

Industry: Home Organization Products

Attack summary

Severity: high — Akira claims exfiltration of 31 GB of confirmed sensitive corporate data including employee PII, HR records, financials, and client contracts, and the disclosed status is data_published, indicating the data has been or is being released publicly.

Akira claims to have exfiltrated approximately 31 GB of corporate data from Madesmart, including employee personal information, HR files, financial records, client files, contracts, agreements, and NDAs, with publication of the data described as imminent.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee personal information
HR files
Financial records
Client files
Contracts and agreements
NDAs

What the group claims

Madesmart specializes in beautiful and functional home organizati on solutions designed for everyday life. Their products cater to various areas including kitchen, bath, and tabletop organization. The company aims to provide thoughtfully designed organizational solutions that enhance the living experience. We will upload 31gb of corporate data soon. Employee personal inf ormation, HR files, financials, client files, contracts and agree ments, NDAs and so on.

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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