Disclosure context

About INC Ransom

INC Ransom is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in September 2021 and has since compromised 832 known victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reports, though their operational patterns suggest they likely operate as an independent entity rather than a formal Ransomware-as-a-Service model. While detailed attack methodologies for INC Ransom have not been extensively documented by major security firms, their victim distribution indicates they employ broad-spectrum targeting approaches that have successfully penetrated healthcare, technology, business services, and manufacturing organizations. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting English-speaking countries, with the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom representing their primary victim demographics, alongside significant activity in Germany and Australia. Notable campaigns or high-profile attacks by INC Ransom have not been prominently featured in major threat intelligence publications from CISA, FBI, or leading security researchers, suggesting they may operate with a lower public profile despite their substantial victim count. INC Ransom remains active as of current intelligence assessments, with no documented law enforcement disruptions or confirmed rebranding efforts. The group has been linked to 836 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2021; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: INC.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 10, 2026Estra Automotive listed by INC Ransomon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Estra Automotive is reported in Poland, a country with 7 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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Estra Automotive

Claimed by INC Ransom · listed 2 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 10, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: INC Ransom
Status: Data leaked
Country: Poland
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Mar 10, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Estra Automotive is an international automotive supplier based in Poland that develops and manufactures thermal management components and systems for vehicles. Its product portfolio includes HVAC systems, heat exchangers, and engine cooling solutions supplied to global automotive manufacturers. The company supports modern vehicle technologies focused on temperature optimisation and energy efficiency.

Industry: Automotive Thermal Management Components & Systems

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (data_published status confirmed), indicating successful exfiltration from a manufacturing supplier with international operations and relationships with global automotive OEMs. Exposure of proprietary thermal management designs and business data represents significant harm, though no PII at scale or regulated personal data is explicitly confirmed.

INC Ransom claims to have attacked Estra Automotive and has published data as indicated by the 'data_published' disclosure status. The group's post describes the company and its operations, implying exfiltration of company data, though specific data categories and volume are not detailed in the truncated post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company operational data
Potentially proprietary engineering/product data
Business records

What the group claims

Estra Automotive is an international automotive supplier that develops and manufactures thermal management components and systems for vehicles. The company focuses on products such as HVAC systems, heat exchangers, and engine cooling solutions used by global automotive manufacturers to maintain optimal vehicle temperature, improve efficiency, and support modern vehicle technologies

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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