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 12, 2026Aura Group, Inc listed by Hunters Internationalon the group's public leak site

Records: 2M records

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Aura Group, Inc 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

Claimed by Hunters International · listed 2 months ago

2M records

Records

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Hunters International
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Mar 12, 2026
Records: 2M records

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Aura Group, Inc appears to be a financial services or wealth management firm operating in the United States. Based on the name and common usage of 'Aura Group' in the financial sector, the company likely provides investment advisory, asset management, or related financial services. No public site content was available to confirm specific operational details.

Industry: Financial Services & Wealth Management

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Over 2 million PII records exfiltrated at scale constitutes a critical disclosure; the volume of regulated personal data and the threat of imminent public release meet the critical threshold regardless of sector.

Hunters International claims to have exfiltrated over 2 million records containing PII and internal corporate data, issuing a final warning deadline of 14 March 2026 before publishing the data and threatening additional 'digital problems' if no contact is made.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Internal corporate data

What the group claims

Over 2M records containing PII and other internal corporate data have been compromised. This is a final warning to reach out by 14 Mar 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that'll come your way. Make the right decision, don't be the next headline. | Updated: 12 Mar 2026 | Warning: FINAL WARNING

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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