Disclosure context

About Embargo

Embargo is a ransomware group that emerged in April 2024, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a focus on high-value targets across multiple sectors. The group has been observed targeting victims predominantly in the United States, Singapore, India, and France, with particular emphasis on technology, healthcare, manufacturing, business services, and financial sectors. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation from major threat intelligence sources, specific details about their country of origin, operational structure, and technical methodologies remain largely unconfirmed by established security research organizations. With 37 known victims identified since their emergence, Embargo appears to follow established ransomware operational patterns typical of financially-motivated cybercriminal groups, though comprehensive analysis of their attack vectors, encryption methods, and extortion tactics has not yet been extensively documented by major cybersecurity firms or government agencies. The group's targeting of critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare and financial services aligns with broader ransomware trends observed throughout 2024, though specific notable campaigns or high-profile attacks have not been widely reported in public threat intelligence reporting. As of current observations, Embargo appears to remain active, though the limited timeframe since their emergence and sparse public documentation makes definitive assessment of their operational status challenging without additional confirmed reporting from established threat intelligence sources. The group has been linked to 38 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 21, 2024; most recent post March 31, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 9, 2026nch.com listed by Embargoon the group's public leak site

Data size: 7.3 TB

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, nch.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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NCH Corporation

listed as nch.com · Claimed by Embargo · listed 2 months ago

7.3 TB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 9, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Embargo
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Mar 9, 2026
Data size: 7.3 TB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

NCH Corporation is a global provider of industrial solutions, offering products and services designed to keep businesses operational across a wide range of industries. The company markets itself as a leading expert in industrial maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) solutions. It operates internationally and serves customers across multiple sectors.

Industry: Industrial Solutions & Maintenance Products

Attack summary

Severity: critical — 7.3 TB of data confirmed exfiltrated and published by a known ransomware group from a large global industrial corporation; the volume strongly suggests regulated and sensitive business data including PII, financial records, and operational information at significant scale.

The Embargo ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated more than 7.3 TB of data from NCH Corporation, with the disclosure status indicating the data has been published.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Exfiltrated corporate data (7.3 TB)

What the group claims

Your leading global experts in industrial solutions. At NCH Corporation, we don’t just sell products—we deliver solutions that keep businesses moving. For ov... - More than 7.3TB of data has been downloaded.

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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