Was OMara Ag Equipment hit by ransomware?

OMara Ag Equipment was listed by the Meow ransomware operation (Canada), 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 OMara Ag Equipment breach?

Meow published data attributed to OMara Ag Equipment (~93 GB). Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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OMara Ag Equipment

Claimed by Meow · listed 2 years ago

93 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: Canada
Sector: Agriculture and Food Production
Listed on leak site: Nov 14, 2024
Data size: 93 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

OMara Ag Equipment is a manufacturer specializing in the design, manufacturing, and installation of equipment for the seed and grain industries. Their product range includes bulk seed corn dryers, custom bins and hoppers, bucket elevators, conveyors, and seed drying systems, with offerings in plant design, custom fabrication, and general contracting. The company claims over 150 years of combined team experience.

Industry: Agricultural Equipment Manufacturing

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration of 93 GB including PII at scale (employee identification scans, passport data, medical records), financial documents (bank statements, tax forms), and client contracts. Large data volume with sensitive personal and business information exposed.

The Meow group claims to have exfiltrated 93 GB of confidential data from OMara Ag Equipment, including employee personal information, client details, financial documents, and medical records.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee personal data
Passport and driver's license scans
Client contact details and contracts
Service agreements
Insurance policies
Business contracts
Bank account statements
Financial invoices and receipts
Tax forms
Medical/insurance documentation
Identification documents
Licensing documentation

What the group claims

Dear customers!We are excited to offer exclusive access to over 93 GB of confidential data from OMara Ag Equipment, a leading company specializing in the design, manufacturing, and installation of equipment for the seed and grain industries. With a wide product range, including bulk seed corn dryers, custom bins and hoppers, bucket elevators, conveyors, and various seed drying systems, OMara Ag Equipment delivers value engineered solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of its clients.Key Services and Offerings: Plant Design: Expertly crafted layouts for efficient operations. Custom Fabrication: Tailored equipment solutions to match unique requirements. General Contracting: Comprehensive support from project initiation to completion. Product Range: Includes advanced drying systems, conveyors, and storage solutions.With over 150 years of combined team experience, OMara is committed to enhancing productivity and efficiency in seed production operations through high quality products and services.This comprehensive data pack includes: Employee Data: Personal details, passport and drivers license scans. Client Information: Contact details, contracts, and service agreements. Contracts and Agreements: Insurance policies, business contracts, and technical service agreements. Financial Documents: Bank account statements, insurance and software service invoices, payment receipts, liability insurance certificates, tax forms, and notifications. Licenses and Instructions: Licensing documentation and operational guides. Personal Data: Dates of birth, identification scans. Medical Records: Insurance details and related documentation. And much more.This data pack provides valuable insights into OMara Ag Equipments operations, making it particularly relevant for professionals in agricultural technology, manufacturing, business analysis, and related sectors.To access this exclusive 93 GB data pack,

Sources

Leak posthttp://meow6xanhzfci2gbkn3lmbqq7xjjufskkdfocqdngt3ltvzgqpsg5mid.onion/product/133

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, 2024OMara Ag Equipment listed by Meowon the group's public leak site

Data size: 93 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 Agriculture and Food Production sector, which has 772 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, OMara Ag Equipment is reported in Canada, a country with 1,055 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Meow means OMara Ag Equipment 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, CCCS (Canada), 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.