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AOL.COM

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clop 🇺🇸 United States Technology AOL.COM
Claimed by clop
Listed on leak site 12 Aug 2026
Reported attack date 12 Aug 2026
Group claims tracked 89
Unverified claim. This entry reproduces a listing published by the clop group on its own extortion site. Attackers routinely exaggerate or fabricate victims. Nothing here confirms that AOL.COM suffered a breach, or what data was actually taken.

About the organisation

[AI generated] AOL.com is an American web services and media company headquartered in New York, USA. Originally known as America Online, it was one of the pioneering internet service providers in the 1990s. Today, AOL operates as a digital media and advertising technology platform under Verizon Communications, offering email services, news, entertainment content, and online advertising solutions to consumers and businesses across the United States and globally.

What the listing means

AOL.COM appeared on the clop leak site on 12 August 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 87 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.

Recommended actions

  • Treat any unsolicited message referencing AOL.COM as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
  • If you hold an account on AOL.COM, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
  • Other Technology organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
  • Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
  • A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.

Leak-site evidence

Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/QU9MLkNPTUBjbG9w

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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.

Screenshot of the clop leak-site listing for AOL.COM