FactoryFive
● Listed in the last 48hAbout the organisation
Factory Five Racing Inc — kit-car manufacturer (Cobra replicas, GTM, Type 65 Coupe, 33 Hot Rod). 9 Tow Road, Wareham MA 02571-1086. ~90 employees, 158 endpoints. Revenue $5.5-6.5M/yr (credit card processing ~$4.3M, avg ticket $1245). Exfiltrated data categories (~130GB): correspondence (PST archives), CRM contacts (GoldMine), ERP/pricing, engineering CAD (SolidWorks/Rhino), banking statements, insurance policies, tax documentation, legal contracts/NDAs, database backups. Includes detailed materials on several ongoing lawsuits — parties, witnesses, testimonies, and related case files, alongside private correspondence. Risk zones: PCI DSS (card processing $4.3M/yr), MA 201 CMR 17.00 (Massachusetts personal data protection), GDPR (EU clients), CCPA (California clients), active IRS audit, active MA Sales Tax audit, FTC Safeguards Rule. Reputational: customer warranties, partner contracts (SEMA supplier), licenses, litigation exposure. CEO: David T. Smith.
What the listing means
FactoryFive appeared on the metaencryptor leak site on 23 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 6 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing FactoryFive as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on factoryfive.com, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Manufacturing 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/RmFjdG9yeUZpdmVAbWV0YWVuY3J5cHRvcg==
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
