high severity September 22, 2026 · 3 min read Unverified claim — what this is

Coe Press Equipment Listed by Akira Ransomware Group

If you are a customer of Coe Press Equipment, here’s what is being claimed, and what it would mean for you.

COE Press Equipment designs and manufactures a complete line of premiere coil handling and servo roll feed equipment from stand-alone roll feeds, precision straighteners, and reels to complete integrated feed systems and cut-to-length lines.We will upload 25gb of corporate data soon. Detailed employee personal information (SSNs, drivers licenses, passports and other HR files), financials, projects, confidential client docs, NDAs and so on.
— from Akira’s own leak-site posting. This is the group’s claim, quoted verbatim; it is not GalaxyWarden’s reporting and has not been independently verified.

Coe Press Equipment Listed by Akira Ransomware Group

Akira has listed Coe Press Equipment on its leak site, claiming the industrial manufacturer’s internal files will be published if a ransom is not paid. The company has not publicly confirmed the claim as of this writing. The filing, dated September 22, 2026, does not state how many people may be affected and does not enumerate specific categories of information beyond the group’s own description.

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Attributed to Akira · 1668 incidents tracked →

Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed

Disclosed September 22, 2026

Last reviewed September 22, 2026

Affected Unconfirmed

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