Disclosure context

About Spacebears

Spacebears is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in April 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors and geographic regions. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their targeting pattern suggests a professional operation focused on maximizing financial returns rather than geopolitical objectives. With 117 known victims since their emergence, Spacebears has shown particular focus on organizations in the United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Canada, with their attacks primarily affecting technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and business services sectors, indicating they likely employ opportunistic targeting rather than sector-specific specialization. Their attack methodology, initial access vectors, and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in public reporting from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies, limiting detailed analysis of their operational procedures and tools. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited public intelligence reporting, notable high-profile campaigns and specific victim details remain largely undocumented in established threat intelligence channels. The group's current operational status appears active given their recent emergence timeline, though comprehensive analysis is constrained by the lack of detailed public reporting from authoritative cybersecurity sources. The group has been linked to 147 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 29, 2024; most recent post May 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: space bears.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 28, 2026WMC-Metal listed by Spacebearson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing/Metal Products sector.

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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WMC-Metal

Claimed by Spacebears · listed 2 months ago

53d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 28, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Spacebears
Status: Data leaked
Sector: Manufacturing/Metal Products
Listed on leak site: Mar 28, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

WMC-Metal is a company specializing in the manufacturing and supply of metal products and components for various industries, including engineering, automotive, construction, and energy sectors. The company employs advanced manufacturing technologies with strict quality control throughout all production stages. WMC-Metal operates with partners worldwide, offering tailored solutions and ensuring timely deliveries.

Industry: Metal Products Manufacturing

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed data exfiltration and publication of significant business-sensitive data including technical drawings, financial records, customer orders, and contracts, which could harm competitive position and expose business partners.

The Spacebears ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated data from WMC-Metal and has published it. The exposed data reportedly includes supplier and partner contracts, production and technical drawings, financial data, customer data and orders, and management data.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Supplier and partner contracts
Production and technical drawings
Financial data
Customer data and orders
Management data

What the group claims

Supplier and Partner Contracts, Production and Technical Drawings, Financial Data, Customer Data and Orders, Management data

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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This page contains a list of companies whose clients and business partners entrusted them with their confidential data, but these companies leaked data. The data may contain confidential information such as login credentials, intellectual property, personal and financial data, etc.
Operation of a network of karaoke establishments, providing leisure and entertainment services for individual and corporate clients.
Development and management of a chain of food and beverage establishments, primarily in the Japanese izakaya style, as well as other concepts within the HoReCa sector.
Involvement in the real estate market, including property management, leasing, and the potential development of commercial real estate assets.
Operation of internet cafes that provide customers with internet access along with ancillary services such as relaxation areas, reading materials, and refreshments.
AbelZeta Pharma is a global cell therapy leader focused on discovering, developing and manufacturing therapeutics to address unmet medical needs across hematologic malignancies, inflammatory and immunological diseases and solid tumors.Partners: AstraZeneca, Janssen (…

Data the group says was taken

contracts
technical_drawings
financial
customer_data
management_data

Sources

Leak posthttp://5butbkrljkaorg5maepuca25oma7eiwo6a2rlhvkblb4v6mf3ki2ovid.onion/

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Spacebears

Timeline of this disclosure

Other recent disclosures by Spacebears

Sector and geography

Status timeline

At a glance

About the victim

Attack summary

Data the group says was taken

What the group claims

The leak post

Data the group says was taken

Sources

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