meralmanisa
novaThis record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the nova group against meralmanisa. 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
MER-AL was established in Turkey in 2005, but our experience in the automotive industry started in Germany in 1995. MER-AL started its activities with the production of cast filters, which are specifically used to produce aluminum wheels and components produced in low-pressure-casting. In addition, a significant part of the production department consists of “rim pallets” and “rim pallet covers.” As a result, MER-AL is now one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cast filters and rim pallet sets and a well-known brand in this field in many countries - 1.5 GB of sales data and secret documents, Nova Provide tree and samples from stolen data to the company when its get in touch with support department.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLEProof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.