Skip to content
Back to Blog
high severity December 11, 2023 · 3 min read Unverified claim — what this is

Studio MF Listed by akira Ransomware Group

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

Studio MF provides solutions for continued dedication to the start-up and innovative PMI, supporting the growth and development ofits own business project. We'll share 10Gb of their data soon asthese MFs don't care of it. You can find many files with clientsinformation and other business data.

— 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.
Studio MF Listed by akira Ransomware Group

On December 11, 2023, design firm Studio MF appeared on the leak site of the Akira ransomware group. The listing states that internal files were exfiltrated during a ransomware attack and warns that 10 GB of data will be published because the company has not paid. Anyone whose personal or client information sits inside those files is now at risk of identity theft, fraud, and targeted harassment.

Already exposed?
You can’t unleak data. You can take away what it’s worth.
A leaked record is where it starts, not where it ends. What turns it into your front door is the look-up sites publishing your address beside your name — and those are what an AI reads when somebody asks about you. The free scan shows you both. We write to 582 companies.
See what is exposed about you — free scan →
Not ready yet? Run a free breach check on this email
We’ll check it against 13.1B+ leaked records right now — no account needed. Continuous monitoring & alerts are part of Protection.

Primary Disclosure Details

The Akira leak page explicitly lists Studio MF and claims the attackers extracted internal files containing clients’ information and other business data. The notification does not specify the exact number of affected individuals, the precise systems breached, or the full inventory of records taken. It simply states that 10 GB of material has been prepared for release and sets an implicit deadline by promising to publish soon. Public copies of the listing, archived via ransomware.live, remain the sole primary source; no separate regulatory filing or customer notification letter has surfaced to date.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a company that handles client projects suffers a ransomware breach, the people whose names, addresses, contact details, or payment records appear in those files become collateral damage. Even if you never directly hired Studio MF, a family member, a small business you worked with, or a project you participated in may have placed your information in their systems. Once that data leaves the company’s control, it can be sold, traded, or used to launch follow-on attacks against you. The disclosure makes clear that client information is among the material now held by criminals, turning an corporate incident into a personal exposure for anyone linked to the firm.

Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risks

Ransomware operators rarely stop at posting generic “business data.” Files containing client lists, contracts, invoices, or correspondence often include email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and project notes that map directly to real people. Attackers and subsequent buyers can chain these details with usernames discovered in other breaches, creating detailed profiles that fuel doxxing, SIM-swapping, or spear-phishing campaigns. Credential leaks of this nature also cascade into gaming accounts; a parent’s work email reused for a child’s Roblox or Discord login can hand over an entire household’s digital life. The longer the data sits on a leak site, the more likely it is to be repackaged and sold on additional underground forums.

Akira Ransomware Group Track Record

Public reporting attributes the emergence of Akira to early 2023. The group has since hit manufacturing, technology, and professional-services targets across North America, Europe, and Australia. Their typical playbook begins with initial access gained through compromised remote-desktop credentials or exploited vulnerabilities, followed by exfiltration of sensitive files before encryption. Akira then demands ransom and, if unpaid, publishes samples or full archives on their leak site to pressure victims. The Studio MF listing follows this pattern: data already removed, public shaming underway, and no confirmed ransom figure released.

What to do

  • Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your handles, emails, phone numbers, and real identity, then use the cleanup to scrub what you can.
  • Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms so the next exposure surfaces in hours rather than months.
  • Rotate any password you ever used at Studio MF or related client portals and switch to 2FA through an authenticator app everywhere that password was reused.
  • Cover the household with DoxxScan family protection that extends to dependents and children’s gaming accounts, which frequently chain back to the same addresses and emails now at risk.
  • Let remediation specialists handle ongoing takedown requests across data brokers and leak repositories on your behalf.

The Studio MF breach is a reminder that corporate ransomware incidents quickly become personal identity crises. Acting promptly limits how far criminals can travel down the identity chain that now includes you or your family. DoxxScan’s continuous monitoring, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, hands-on remediation by specialists, and household coverage including children’s gaming accounts give ordinary people the same defensive tools once reserved for large organizations. Start protecting what matters before the next resale or doxxing wave begins.

What the free scan actually returns

Sample resultyou@email.comIllustrative — not a real person

Found on people-search siteswe remove these

These listings are live, public, and legal to remove — and removing them is what we do.

value redacted in this sampleage, relatives, address historySpokeo
value redacted in this samplephone, household, property recordsBeenVerified
value redacted in this sample582 companies checked

Found in breach recordsverifiedreported — unverified

Each record is labeled: confirmed breach data, or an attacker’s claim no one has verified.

verifiedvalue redacted in this samplepassword + phone · 2024telecom breach
unverifiedvalue redacted in this sampleclaimed in ransomware listing · 2026leak-site claim

Leaked data cannot be deleted from the internet — anyone claiming otherwise is lying. Broker listings can be removed. We do the second, and show you exactly what to fix from the first.

Check your exposure
Studio MF is one listing. Your email is probably in others.
We can’t confirm any single incident against the sources we search, so we won’t pretend to. What we can show you is your own exposure — your email against 13.1B+ leaked records and the sites that publish your address. About 15 seconds. No account, no card.

By running your scan you agree to the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy, and to GalaxyWarden emailing you the results of this scan.

Report details & sourcing

Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed
Disclosed December 11, 2023
Last reviewed August 8, 2026
Affected Unconfirmed
Unverified claim — what this report is
This page documents a public listing on a ransomware/extortion group’s leak site, tracked via public threat-intelligence sources. A listing is the attacker’s claim. GalaxyWarden aggregates and reports such claims; we have not independently verified that a breach occurred, what data (if any) was taken, or the accuracy of anything the group asserts, and the named organisation has not necessarily confirmed the incident. Sections above describe what the listing shows and the group’s documented history — not verified findings about the named organisation. If you represent this organisation and believe anything here is inaccurate, tell us and we’ll review it promptly.
Editorial & sourcing policy
GalaxyWarden is a breach-monitoring service and news aggregator. We do not exfiltrate, host, purchase, or redistribute stolen data. Breach information is compiled from publicly accessible sources and threat-intelligence platforms, and is reported as claims attributed to their source. We promptly correct or remove material shown to be inaccurate — see our content & takedown policy or write to support@galaxywarden.com.
Share this Post on X Reddit Email