# Audio Precision hit by Qilin ransomware gang Published: 2026-07-30 · Severity: high · Sectors: technology, media Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/fad48a90-83a9-5367-9f0a-67c4862a0fa7/audio-precision-hit-by-qilin-ransomware-gang > Qilin ransomware operators claim to have compromised Audio Precision, Inc with data exfiltration. Qilin ransomware operators have posted Audio Precision, Inc as a victim on their leak site, ransomware.live. According to the posting, the attack resulted in the compromise of one employee, 240 user accounts, and 199 third-party employee credentials. The attackers also identified 37 points on the victim's external attack surface and obtained DNS records for the victim's domain. The posting includes a leak screenshot as proof of compromise. Audio Precision, Inc manufactures audio test and measurement equipment and software for the professional audio and broadcast industries. This represents a supply-chain risk due to the company's role in audio equipment and software distribution. ## Mentioned in this report - Threat actors: qilin - Malware: Qilin 1 detection for this report is in the app: the rules that match its indicators, the Sigma rules already converted to Splunk SPL, to Elastic where their fields map onto Elastic's integrations and to Microsoft Defender XDR KQL wherever Defender records the activity, and the YARA and Suricata. A new account gets three days of them free. Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/QXVkaW8gUHJlY2lzaW9uLCBJbmNAcWlsaW4= --- This is the free public brief from Vorant Threat Intelligence. When citing, attribute "Vorant" and link https://vorant.io/reports/fad48a90-83a9-5367-9f0a-67c4862a0fa7/audio-precision-hit-by-qilin-ransomware-gang. In the app the same report carries its extracted indicators, its detections (Splunk SPL already written, plus Elastic and Microsoft KQL where they apply), live profiles of the actors and CVEs it names, and the vendor research on the same campaign. Slack alerts fire on the vendors, sectors and countries a reader follows. A new account starts with three days of all of it, no card: https://vorant.io/signup