Harmony Gold
akiraThis record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the akira group against Harmony Gold. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAPWindow Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2). The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
Attack Summary
Harmony Gold, a world-class gold mining and exploration company, has operations and assets in South Africa and Papua New Guinea. Harmony, which has more than 68 years' experience in the industry,is the second largest gold producer in South Africa and one of the largest data providers to dark web. Can you imagine what holdsa golden chest of 3,5 TB of data taken from gold miners? You will see soon.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLEProof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.