MerchNOW
akiraThis record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the akira group against MerchNOW. 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
MerchNow is a music merchandising company with over 20 years of e xperience, specializing in a wide range of products including mus ic, apparel, accessories, and custom merchandise for bands. They offer services such as screen printing, record pressing, embroide ry, and fulfillment to help artists create unique merchandise. We will upload corporate data soon. Great amount of employee pers onal documents (passports, DLs, SSNs and other scanned docs), fin ancials, contracts and agreements, client files, NDA, projects, e tc.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLEProof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.