techradar.com 22.08.2025
Qilin claims another victim, threatens to release valuable information online.

• Qilin adds Nissan Creative Box to its data leak site
• It claims to have taken more than 4TB of sensitive files
• It's like stealing an invention from an inventor, researchers claim
  Nissan Creative Box, the creative arm of the Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer, was hit with a ransomware attack recently, and lost plenty of sensitive data in the incident.

Given the nature of Creative Box’s work, the stolen data could hurt the company and dull its competitive blade, if released to the wild, experts have said.

The company is a specialized satellite design studio forming part of Nissan’s global design network. Established in 1987 to be a creative sandbox for emerging designers, where they can create bold concepts that usually stray away from mainstream car design, it is often described as Nissan’s “design think tank”, as it does not churn out large volumes of visible work, but still retains a significant role within the network.