Disclosure context

About direwolf

Direwolf is a ransomware group that emerged in May 2025 with primarily financial motivations, having targeted 71 known victims across multiple sectors and geographic regions. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reports, with no confirmed information regarding whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major cybersecurity firms or government agencies, though their targeting patterns indicate a focus on manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and transportation/logistics sectors across Malaysia, the United States, Thailand, Singapore, and Taiwan. No major high-profile campaigns or significant ransomware demands have been publicly attributed to this group by CISA, FBI, or established security researchers such as Mandiant. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation, their current operational status and long-term threat posture remain unclear, requiring continued monitoring by the cybersecurity community to establish a more comprehensive threat profile. The group has been linked to 71 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 27, 2025; most recent post January 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

November 13, 2025Hyundai Nishat Motor listed by direwolfon 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, Hyundai Nishat Motor is reported in PK, a country with 5 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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Hyundai Nishat Motor

Claimed by direwolf · listed 6 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Nov 13, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: direwolf
Status: Data leaked
Country: PK
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Nov 13, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Hyundai Nishat Motor Private Limited is a joint venture between Nishat Group, Sojitz Corporation, and Hyundai Motor Company, established in Pakistan to manufacture and assemble Hyundai vehicles for the local market. The company operates a high-tech plant incorporating automation and advanced robotics to produce a range of Hyundai models including SUVs, sedans, and trucks.

Industry: Automobile Manufacturing & Assembly

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is marked as published (disclosed), indicating some level of exfiltration or data release, but the leak post contains no specifics on the type, volume, or sensitivity of data involved, and no proof files or data inventory are enumerated, preventing a higher severity classification.

The direwolf ransomware group claims an attack on Hyundai Nishat Motor Private Limited, with the disclosure status indicating data has been published; the leak post does not specify whether encryption, exfiltration, or both occurred, nor does it detail the volume or nature of data stolen.

medium

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

Hyundai Nishat Motor Private Limited is a joint venture between three major international corporations: Nishat Group, Sojitz Corporation, and Hyundai Motors. Established in Pakistan, the company focusses on automobile manufacturing, aiming to meet local demand for Hyundai vehicles. Automation and advanced robotics are incorporated in their high-tech plant for an efficient production process. The company produces various Hyundai models, including SUVs, sedans, and trucks.

Sources

Leak posthttp://direwolfcdkv5whaz2spehizdg22jsuf5aeje4asmetpbt6ri4jnd4qd.onion/articles/hnmpl.html

Source

Indexed 6 months ago

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