IGI Global

IGI Global was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to akira in January 2026. The organization, operating in the Education sector in United States, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

akira operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

IGI Global is an international academic publisher committed to pr oducing the highest quality research and ensuring the timely diss emination of innovative research findings through an expeditious and technologically advanced publishing process. We will upload 220gb of corporate data soon. Employee personal in formation (passports, DLs, credit card details, health informatio n), financials, contracts and agreements, NDA, confidentiality ag reements and so on.