nepgroup.com Listed by ALP-001 Ransomware Group

On April 8, 2026, ransomware group ALP-001 added nepgroup.com to its leak site and posted 10GB of stolen internal files as samples from a total claimed exfiltration of 70GB. The company, founded in 1984 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, provides outside broadcast, studio production, audio, lighting, and media management services to clients across the United States. Anyone whose personal information appears in those files—including employees, contractors, vendors, or individuals captured in production records—now faces the risk that their data has been published or sold.

What's Publicly Reported from Reporting

Public reporting on the ransomware.live portal shows ALP-001 claims to have taken 70GB of internal documents from NEP Group. The actors posted 10GB of samples on their leak page and set a public deadline of April 18, 2026 at 17:22 UTC. No exact number of individuals affected has been released, and it remains unclear which specific categories of records were taken beyond the broad description of internal files. NEP Group has not yet issued a public statement confirming the breach or detailing the data involved.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a company like NEP Group suffers a ransomware attack, the files taken often contain names, addresses, phone numbers, email accounts, dates of birth, and sometimes Social Security numbers of employees and people who appear in production logs. If your information is among the stolen data, it can be used to open accounts in your name, file fraudulent tax returns, or target your family with phishing emails that look legitimate because they reference real work history. Children’s information sometimes appears in family emergency contacts or school-related production paperwork, exposing them to long-term identity risks before they even have credit files of their own.

The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Implications

Stolen internal files frequently include employee usernames, work emails, and notes that link real identities to online handles. Attackers chain this information with data from previous breaches to build detailed profiles. A single leaked work email can lead to gaming accounts, social-media profiles, and home addresses. Credential leaks like this one regularly cascade into account takeovers across unrelated services. Public reporting indicates that ransomware groups increasingly sell these identity chains on underground forums, where other criminals use them for harassment, SIM-swapping, or extortion. Gaming accounts belonging to you or your children are especially vulnerable because the same passwords or recovery emails are often reused.

ALP-001’s Publicly Known Track Record

Public reporting attributes ALP-001 with emerging in late 2025 and focusing on mid-sized to large organizations in the United States. The group’s typical playbook involves initial access through phishing or exploited remote desktop services, followed by exfiltration of sensitive files before encryption. They then publish samples on dedicated leak sites and demand payment by a short deadline, threatening full data release or sale if unpaid. Notable prior victims listed in ransomware trackers include other service and manufacturing companies, though exact details remain limited in open sources. Readers can follow ongoing coverage of ALP-001 through established ransomware intelligence outlets.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your handles, emails, phone numbers, and real identity, with cleanup handled by the service.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms so the next exposure of your data is caught in hours rather than months.
• Rotate any password you used at NEP Group or related services anywhere it has been reused, and switch on 2FA through an authenticator app instead of SMS.
• Cover the household with DoxxScan family protection that extends to dependents and children’s gaming accounts that can chain back to the same leaked information.
• Let remediation specialists manage takedown requests across data brokers and leak sites on your behalf while you focus on securing accounts.

The incident shows how quickly corporate ransomware leaks can reach ordinary families who never expected their data to appear on a dark-web leak page. Taking concrete steps now limits the damage and reduces the chance that this claimed breach becomes the first link in a longer chain of identity theft or harassment. DoxxScan by GalaxyWarden delivers continuous monitoring across 13.1 billion+ breach records and more than 100 platforms, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, hands-on remediation by specialists, and full household coverage that includes children’s gaming accounts.