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Watkins Steel

1 May 2025 · WA · Manufacturing & Industrial
Ransomware HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

Structural steel fabrication subcontractor Watkins Steel listed by the Akira ransomware operation. The threat actors claimed the exfiltration of 17GB of corporate data, publishing file trees detailing proprietary commercial building blueprints, client engineering contracts, and internal accounting records.

Incident details

Organisation
Watkins Steel
Date
1 May 2025
Attack type
Ransomware
Severity
HIGH
Sector
Manufacturing & Industrial
State
WA
Records affected
17GB claimed
Threat actor
Akira

Source

cyberdaily.au ↗
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