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

May 18, 2026Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness listed by akiraon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Consumer Services sector, which has 396 disclosures indexed across all operators we track.

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Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness

Claimed by akira · listed 3 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 18, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: akira
Status: Data leaked
Sector: Consumer Services
Listed on leak site: May 18, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Glastonbury, CT, operates fitness and wellness facilities that integrate fitness, wellness education, traditional medical services, and rehabilitation. The company partners with leading healthcare systems to provide community members with a centralized location for achieving personal fitness and health goals.

Industry: Fitness & Wellness Centers
Address: Glastonbury, CT, USA
Founded: 1979

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Claimed exfiltration includes regulated PII at scale — SSNs, government-issued ID numbers, and passport numbers for both employees and clients — from a healthcare-adjacent organisation, constituting a critical breach of sensitive personal and potentially HIPAA-relevant data.

Akira claims to have exfiltrated approximately 10 GB of corporate data including employee and client PII (names, driver's licence numbers, passport numbers, SSNs), contracts, agreements, personal records, financial documents, NDAs, and other confidential documents, with publication stated as imminent.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee PII (names, SSNs, DL numbers, passport numbers)
Client PII (names, SSNs, DL numbers, passport numbers)
Contracts and agreements
Personal records
Financial documents
NDAs
Confidential documents

What the group claims

Healthtrax, founded in 1979 and headquartered Glastonbury, CT, offers facilities and programs t hat integrate fitness, wellness education, traditional medical services and rehabilitation. Hea lthtrax forms partnerships with leading health care systems to create a welcoming, centralized place for members of the community to achieve their personal fitness and health goals. We will upload 10gb of corporate data soon. Employee and clients personal information (name, Dl and passport numbers, SSNs), contracts and agreements, personal records, financials, NDA and o ther confidential docs.

Source

Indexed 3 days ago

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