This record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the
akira group against
Sterling BMW. 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.
-42days
t1 · Published
t2 · Disclosed
Business Category
Finance / Legal / Insurance
Published
February 08, 2025
Disclosed / Notified
Dec 28, 2024
Attack Summary
Sterling BMW offers Orange County, CA, the best vehicles availabl
e. BMWs are known for high performance, true luxury, and industry
leading design. Sterling BMW is proud to be a leading BMW dealer
for Orange County, and all of California.
We are ready to upload more than 10 GB of essential corporate doc
uments such as: financial data (audits, payment details, reports)
, contact numbers and e-mail addresses of employees and customers
, confidential licenses, agreements and contracts, 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 sterlingbmw.com
— indexed by HaveIBeenRansom.
0
found in Infostealer logs
1,533+
found in Traditional breaches
29+
found in Ransomware leaks
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••• emails
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••• emails
VerificationsIO_BF.7z.011
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••• emails
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shinyhunters · breach
••• emails
cargurus-db.7z
Database World ROC · breach
••• emails
Apollo.io DB 816millions.rar
Database World ROC · breach
••• emails
Access Intelligence
play · ransomware
••• emails
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