Aurora Ransomware Targets Adams Warehouse & Delivery, Inc.

Aurora Ransomware Targets Adams Warehouse & Delivery, Inc.
Target
Adams Warehouse & Delivery, Inc.
Country
USA
Attacking Group
Aurora
Date Reported
October 16, 2026

Summary

On October 16, 2026, the ransomware group Aurora publicly claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against Adams Warehouse & Delivery, Inc. (adamswarehouse.com), a family-owned logistics company in Houston, USA. The attack has compromised sensitive company data, including financial records and personal identification information.


Incident Report

Field Details
Target Adams Warehouse & Delivery, Inc.
Domain adamswarehouse.com
Country USA
Attacking Group Aurora
Date Reported October 16, 2026
Threat Actor Statement “Adams Warehouse & Delivery, Inc. — a family-owned freight and logistics company operating 11 warehouse facilities in the Houston metro area since 1976. The dataset includes complete server backup mirrors from multiple drives (D:, E:, Data, Network Shares), capturing the company’s entire digital footprint: Sage/Peachtree accounting system for 8 entities spanning FY2007–FY2025+, containing payroll, AR, AP, general ledger, and W-2 filing histories 52–72 Social Security Numbers with full identity packages (name, DOB, address, phone, emergency contacts, health insurance IDs) across 4 entities Domain administrator passwords saved in 4 RDP files, plus plaintext VPN credentials, WiFi passwords, and 18 database connections with blank passwords WDS source code — the company’s custom warehouse distribution management system (VB6/.NET, multiple versions) 20+ years of customer data — rate cards, operations logs, and contact lists for 100+ warehouse customers including Honeywell, Hospira, Amway, and Kaiser Medical clinic employee data — South Main Medical Clinic’s bookkeeping within the Sage system, including physician SSN 11 Outlook PST email archives (largest: 1.5 GB)”

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