This record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the
akira group against
Thornton EngineeringAustralia Pty Ltd. 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 GAP
Window 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.
478days open
t1 · Published
t2 · Pending
Business Category
Manufacturing / Engineering
Published
February 24, 2025
Disclosed / Notified
Not disclosed yet
Attack Summary
Thornton Engineering provides design and fabrication of structura
l steel, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, plate and piling stee
l products for major projects Australia wide.
We are ready to upload more than 11 GB of essential corporate doc
uments such as: contact numbers and e-mail addresses of employees
and customers, financial data (audits, payment details, reports)
, etc.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLE
Proof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are
redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.
Dark Web Exposure
Findings for thorntoneng.com.au
— indexed by HaveIBeenRansom.
0
found in Infostealer logs
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