Winholt Equipment Group
Attack Intelligence
Winholt Equipment Group was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to qilin in October 2025. The organization, operating in the Manufacturing sector in United States, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.
qilin 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.
Winholt Equipment Group, founded in 1946 and headquartered in Woodbury, New York, is a manufacturer of food service, food handling, and material handling equipment. As a multiple-facilities manufacturer, we have the resources to quickly reac ...
Intelligence correlations link this incident to 1 vulnerability(ies) including CVE-2026-0257, which may have been leveraged as initial access vectors or for lateral movement.