Was Navitrans hit by ransomware?

Navitrans was listed by the emperador ransomware operation, 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 emperador ransomware group?

emperador 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 Navitrans breach?

emperador published data attributed to Navitrans (~600 MB), around 17000 files records. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Navitrans

Claimed by Emperador · listed 3 days ago

600 MB

Data size

17000 files records

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedSep 13, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Emperador
Status: Data leaked
Sector: Transportation
Listed on leak site: Sep 13, 2026
Data size: 600 MB
Records: 17000 files

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Navitrans is a Colombian distributor and service provider specializing in commercial trucks and heavy machinery. The company operates a nationwide network of workshops providing vehicle sales, spare parts distribution, and maintenance and repair services.

Industry: Commercial Vehicles & Heavy Machinery Distribution

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Confirmed exfiltration of business-sensitive data (pricing, financing) at moderate scale (223.2 MB) with no indication of regulated PII or critical infrastructure disruption. No proof files explicitly advertised.

The emperor group claims to have exfiltrated sensitive operational data from Navitrans, including pricing information, financing details, and other confidential business records totaling 223.2 MB.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

pricing information
financing details
operational data

What the group claims

Navitrans is a leading Colombian distributor and service provider specializing in commercial trucks and heavy machinery, offering a comprehensive range of products and services including vehicle sales, spare parts distribution, and maintenance and repair services through a nationwide network of workshops. This post includes sensitive data about prices, financing, and other operational information. [Size: 223.2 MB | Sector: Manufacturing, Transportation]

The leak post

captured from the group's site

[ Navitrans is a leading Colombian distributor and service provider specializing in commercial trucks and heavy machinery, offering a comprehensive range of products and services including vehicle sales, spare parts distribution, and maintenance and repair services through a nationwide network of workshops. This post includes sensitive data about prices, financing, and other operational information. ](http://emprdr4p7iwlhpky33tswt3k2qdeljyjcdpoysabudmmrz4z32laexad.onion/post/navitrans/) [ Nexbex Solutions Private Limited is a technology consulting and software engineering firm incorporated in November 2023, headquartered in Malappuram, Kerala (India). Classified as an emerging private company, it operates with a paid-up capital of 10 million Indian rupees (₹10 Lakhs) and a compact team, generating estimated annual revenue of less than $1.2 million USD. Its core business focuses on computer programming, custom mobile application development (such as its corporate loyalty platforms Nexi Paints and Grace Petroleum), and digital solutions for retail automation, e-commerce, and smart lead management for growing small and medium-sized enterprises. We have access to all their databases wi…

Screenshot of the leak post

Sources

Leak post/post/navitrans/

Source

Indexed 3 days ago

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Disclosure context

About emperador

Emperador is a ransomware group first observed in August 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, though its limited operational history makes comprehensive attribution difficult at this time. Based on available data, the group has recorded at least one confirmed victim, with targeting concentrated in the Philippines and a demonstrated focus on the Government and Defense sector, suggesting either opportunistic targeting or a deliberate interest in sensitive public-sector data. Specific details regarding initial access vectors, encryption methodologies, and tooling have not been publicly documented by CISA, the FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable threat intelligence sources as of this profile's compilation, and no affiliation with known ransomware-as-a-service ecosystems or established threat actor clusters has been formally established. No notable high-profile campaigns, record ransom demands, or law enforcement actions have been publicly attributed to this group, which is consistent with its nascent operational timeline and minimal victim count. Given its very recent emergence and limited observed activity, Emperador should be considered an emerging and uncharacterized threat requiring continued monitoring, particularly by organizations operating within Philippine government and defense environments. The group has been linked to 29 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on August 12, 2026; most recent post September 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 13, 2026Navitrans listed by emperador on the group's public leak site

Data size: 600 MB
Records: 17000 files

Other recent disclosures by emperador

emperador has been linked to 29 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full emperador dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation sector, which has 47 disclosures indexed across all operators we track.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by emperador means Navitrans 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on emperador'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.