Waukegan Steel

Waukegan Steel was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to akira in November 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.

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.

Waukegan Steel is a structural steel fabricator serving the Midwe st, specializing in high-quality steel fabrication since 1929. Th e company has worked on notable projects in the Chicago area, suc h as Soldier Field and Willis Tower, offering a complete range of services including structural, miscellaneous, and ornamental ste el fabrication. We will upload almost 15gb of corporate documents soon. Scanned p ersonal documents (passports, social security numbers, driver lic enses, w-9 forms and so on), project information, NDAs, contracts and agreements, financials, client's information, lots of drawin gs of ongoing projects, etc.