Summary
On February 28, 2026, the notorious ransomware group DragonForce claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against Aegis Project Controls (www.consultaegis.com), a significant player in the U.S. construction industry. The attackers have threatened to release sensitive data linked to national security projects unless a ransom is paid.
Incident Report
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Target | Aegis Project Controls |
| Domain | www.consultaegis.com |
| Country | USA |
| Attacking Group | DragonForce |
| Date Reported | February 28, 2026 |
| Threat Actor Statement | “Aegis Project Controls is a construction company providing 4d scheduling, training, and construction scheduling services. 214GB of files, projects, and documents that threaten US national security. These include projects on military-critical facilities (Space Fence, Nitrocellulose Facility, etc.), biosecurity laboratories (USAMRIID), critical infrastructure facilities, and others. We know you didn’t contact the FBI after the attack on your infrastructure, but now the FBI will come to you. We advise you to contact us immediately; your IT department knows how. You have 15 days before this data is made public. Dear David J. Hatwell (+1 269-673-8962, +1 360-918-3187, +1 240-331-0437), we promise you public shame and the destruction of your company if you don’t pay. Time has begun.” |
Recommended Security Actions
Ransomware attacks are increasingly targeting both enterprise and mid-sized organizations across all sectors. The following steps are critical to reduce impact and prevent future incidents:
- Monitor continuously: Use DeXpose’s dark web and infostealer monitoring platform to detect breached credentials, leaked databases, and threat actor chatter in near real-time—before damage spreads internally.
- Conduct a compromise assessment: Immediately initiate a full incident review to determine how attackers infiltrated your network, what data may have been exfiltrated, and whether any persistence mechanisms remain active.
- Validate your backups: Ensure that your backups are current, encrypted, and stored offline. Utilize immutable backup solutions to defend against ransomware encryption and deletion attempts.
- Apply threat intelligence: Integrate external threat feeds, including DeXpose-provided indicators of compromise (IOCs), into your SIEM or XDR platforms for real-time alerting and correlation.
- Harden employee defenses: Run phishing simulations and enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all access points. Attackers often exploit weak or reused credentials sourced from the dark web.
- Engage professional response teams: Involve cybersecurity incident response experts, threat analysts, and legal counsel before initiating any dialogue with ransomware groups or ransom brokers.
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Disclaimer
DeXpose does not engage in the exfiltration, hosting, redistribution, or purchase of stolen data. All breach information reported here is collected from publicly accessible dark web sources and threat intelligence platforms.
Our mission is to equip organizations with early-warning indicators, contextual threat insights, and actionable intelligence that help them secure their digital assets against evolving cyber threats.
