Was Vasesa hit by ransomware?

Vasesa was listed by the Arcusmedia ransomware operation (Mexico), 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 Arcusmedia ransomware group?

Arcusmedia 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 Vasesa breach?

Arcusmedia published data attributed to Vasesa. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Vasesa

Claimed by Arcusmedia · listed 2 years ago

21m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedOct 20, 2024
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Arcusmedia
Status: Data leaked
Country: Mexico
Listed on leak site: Oct 20, 2024

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Vasesa is a Mexican manufacturer of safety relief valves for industrial and commercial applications, including gases, liquids, and steam. Based in Mexico City with over 30 years of experience, they serve oil & gas, nuclear, power, and general industrial sectors, offering design, fabrication, testing, repair, and field maintenance services.

Industry: Industrial Safety Equipment & Valve Manufacturing
Address: Schumann 232, Vallejo, Gustavo A. Madero, CDMX 07870, Mexico (headquarters); Av. Isla de Tris #29, Col. Pedro Sáenz de Baranda, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche 24195, Mexico (secondary)
Founded: 1985

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published by the threat actor (disclosed_status: data_published), but the truncated leak post provides no details on proof files, data volume, sensitivity, or operational impact. Vasesa operates in critical infrastructure sectors (oil & gas, nuclear, power) which elevates concern, but without evidence of specific sensitive data exfiltration or demonstrable harm, severity is capped at medium.

Arcusmedia claims to have compromised Vasesa and published data. The leak post is truncated and provides minimal detail on the scope of compromise, whether encryption occurred, or specific data categories exfiltrated.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

business records
potentially customer/client information
operational/technical documentation

What the group claims

www.vasesa.com.mxVasesa Vasesa is a company that...

Sources

Victim siteVasesa.com.mx
Leak posthttp://arcuufpr5xxbbkin4mlidt7itmr6znlppk63jbtkeguuhszmc5g7qdyd.onion/?p=260

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About Arcusmedia

Arcusmedia is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in May 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns across multiple countries and sectors. The group's origin and potential state affiliations remain unclear given limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their targeting of victims across Brazil, the United States, Spain, UAE, and Mexico suggests either a geographically distributed operation or deliberate international scope. With 98 documented victims in a short operational timeframe, Arcusmedia has demonstrated notable activity levels, primarily focusing on technology, business services, agriculture and food production, and transportation/logistics sectors, though their targeting appears opportunistic rather than strategically focused given the "Not Found" classification as their primary sector target. Limited public reporting from major cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agencies means specific details about their attack methodologies, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or whether they employ double extortion tactics remain undocumented in authoritative sources. No major campaigns, high-profile victims, or significant law enforcement actions against Arcusmedia have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established threat intelligence organizations. Current operational status appears active based on the recent emergence timeframe, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from reputable sources have not yet been published given the group's recent appearance in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 105 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 15, 2024; most recent post July 14, 2026. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: arcus media.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 20, 2024Vasesa listed by Arcusmediaon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Arcusmedia

Arcusmedia has been linked to 105 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, Vasesa is reported in Mexico, a country with 196 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Arcusmedia means Vasesa 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, CERT-MX (Mexico), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Arcusmedia'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.