Ransomware Group aurora Hits: Atlas Metal Industries Inc

hookphish post ransomware group aurora hits atlas metal industries inc

In the latest cybersecurity news, Atlas Metal Industries Inc — a company operating in the CA — has fallen victim to a ransomware attack conducted by the group aurora. This data breach, discovered on 2026-04-29T21:35:32.937498+00:00, underscores the increasing need for proactive cybersecurity defenses as we continue through 2025.

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Incident Report

Attribute Information
Target Organization Atlas Metal Industries Inc
Threat Group aurora
Summary [food, metal] Atlas Metal Industries Inc. — a privately held commercial-foodservice-equipment manufacturer headquartered in Miami, Florida.

The dataset is a complete Microsoft Dynamics GP environment: production databases, payroll records, system credentials, Autodesk Vault product-design backups, CNC fabrication programs, and all supporting infrastructure configuration. The exfiltration occurred on or about April 8, 2026; the attack was identified April 22, 2026.

The exposed material includes:

15.8 GB of payroll-records database (PYREC) — full Employee Master with SSNs, DOBs, addresses, direct-deposit bank routing numbers, salary, W-4 tax data, garnishments, and check history dating to at least 2018.
30+ SQL Server login accounts with password hashes in a sp_help_revlogin dump — named employees, system admins (DYNSA, sa), service accounts, and Active Directory domain accounts.
74 GB of Autodesk Vault Professional backup — complete product-design history from 2019 through 2026, covering every product line Atlas Metal manufactures.
Hundreds of CNC fabrication programs — laser-cutter and Amada punch-press G-code for the full catalogue of sheet-metal components.
A base64-encoded SQL credential for the TimeClock Plus timekeeping system, stored in plaintext XML.
8 SQL Server databases with full backup chains — ATLAS (primary), PYREC (payroll), DYNAMICS (system), TEST (18 GB dev clone), TWO, AMIT, plus system databases (master, msdb, DynamicsGPSecurity).

Date of Breach 2026-04-29T00:00:00+00:00
Discovery Date 2026-04-29T21:35:32.937498+00:00
Region CA
Target Domain atlasfoodserv.com
Business Sector Manufacturing

 

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Disclaimer: HookPhish does not engage in the exfiltration, downloading, taking, hosting, viewing, reposting, or disclosure of any stolen information. All breach data reported here is sourced from publicly available threat intelligence feeds for awareness purposes only.

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