Disclosure context

About akira

Akira is a ransomware group that emerged in April 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and has rapidly established itself as a significant threat actor with over 1,500 documented victims. The group's country of origin remains unclear, though they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, recruiting affiliates to conduct attacks while the core group maintains the ransomware infrastructure and negotiation processes. Akira employs multi-faceted attack methodologies including exploitation of VPN vulnerabilities, particularly targeting Cisco VPN appliances, and utilizes living-off-the-land techniques along with legitimate administrative tools to avoid detection, while implementing double extortion tactics by exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their encryption payload. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy, with a particular focus on manufacturing, business services, technology, and construction sectors, though they have shown willingness to attack various industries. Despite being relatively new to the ransomware landscape, Akira has maintained consistent operations throughout 2023 and into 2024, with law enforcement agencies including CISA and FBI issuing advisories about their activities, though no major disruption operations have been publicly reported against the group as of late 2024. The group has been linked to 1,616 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 26, 2023; most recent post May 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: Megazord.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 12, 2026Taylor Clay Products listed by akiraon 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, Taylor Clay Products is reported in US, a country with 2,713 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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Taylor Clay Products

Claimed by akira · listed 9 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: akira
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Taylor Clay Products is a US-based manufacturer specializing in premium architectural brick, thin brick, and custom masonry solutions. The company serves architects and builders, offering a wide selection of colors, textures, finishes, and custom blends tailored to specific construction projects. It has been operating for over 75 years.

Industry: Architectural Brick & Masonry Products Manufacturing

Attack summary

Severity: high — The group claims confirmed exfiltration of 72 GB of data including employee PII (driver's licenses constitute regulated personal documents) and client/contract data. The disclosure status is 'data_published', indicating the data is being released. The scale and inclusion of identity documents elevates this above medium, though the absence of medical, financial-sector, or government data keeps it below critical.

Akira claims to have exfiltrated approximately 72 GB of corporate data, including employee personal information (driver's licenses and other personal documents), contracts, client information, and project drawings and specifications; publication of the data is stated as imminent.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee personally identifiable information (PII)
Driver's licenses and personal identity documents
Contracts
Client information
Project drawings and specifications

What the group claims

Taylor Clay Products specializes in premium architectural brick, thin brick, and custom masonry solutions, catering to architects and builders for over 75 years. The company offers a wide se lection of colors, textures, and finishes, including custom blends tailored to specific project s. We will upload 72gb of corporate data soon. Employee personal information (DL and other persona l docs), contracts, client information, drawings and specifications.

Source

Indexed 9 days ago

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