Disclosure context

About Hunters International

Hunters International is a ransomware group that emerged in October 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating rapid expansion in their victim targeting across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented by major security agencies, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a established Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on publicly available victim data, Hunters International has demonstrated a preference for targeting business services, technology, and manufacturing sectors, with their attacks primarily concentrated in English-speaking countries including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence organizations such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant, limiting detailed analysis of their initial access vectors, encryption methods, or data exfiltration practices. With 388 documented victims since their emergence, the group has shown consistent activity levels, though specific high-profile campaigns or notable ransom demands have not been widely reported in public threat intelligence reports. As of current reporting, Hunters International appears to remain active with no documented law enforcement disruptions or operational changes reported by major cybersecurity agencies. The group has been linked to 388 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 20, 2023; most recent post March 26, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Hunters.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 15, 2026Aura Group, Inc. (aura.com) listed by Hunters Internationalon the group's public leak site

Data size: 12 GB
Records: 2M records

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,524 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Aura Group, Inc. (aura.com) 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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Aura Group, Inc. (aura.com)

Claimed by Hunters International · listed 2 months ago

12 GB

Data size

2M records records

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 15, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Hunters International
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Mar 15, 2026
Data size: 12 GB
Records: 2M records

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Aura Group, Inc. (aura.com) is a U.S.-based consumer cybersecurity and digital safety company offering an all-in-one platform covering identity theft protection, credit monitoring, VPN, antivirus, parental controls, and fraud insurance. The company markets plans starting at $10/month and provides up to $1,000,000 identity theft insurance coverage per adult member. Aura serves both individual consumers and business/MSP partners across the United States.

Industry: Consumer Digital Safety & Identity Theft Protection
Employees: 501-1000
Founded: 2019

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Over 2 million PII records exfiltrated and published from a company that itself stores sensitive consumer identity, credit monitoring, and financial data; the scale, sensitivity, and confirmed data publication all meet the critical threshold, and the reputational and regulatory exposure is compounded by Aura's core business being personal data protection.

Hunters International claims to have exfiltrated over 2 million records containing personally identifiable information and internal corporate data, totaling 12 GB compressed, and has published the data after negotiations with the company failed.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

PII records (2M+)
Internal corporate data
Customer account information

The group's post references roughly 1 proof file.

What the group claims

Over 2M records containing PII and other internal corporate data have been compromised. The company failed to reach an agreement with us despite all the chances and offers we made. They don't care. | Size: 12GB (compressed) | Updated: 15 Mar 2026 | SHA256: 0d5bf85c7865b023266adc95a7449dd1bff6b208b4634976441ce5ee650894d0

Sources

Victim siteaura.com

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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