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bitlocker is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 2 public victims claimed by this operator between March 1, 2022 and May 2, 2022. BitLocker is an obscure ransomware group that emerged in March 2022, operating with financial motivations but maintaining a relatively small operational footprint with only two documented victims to date. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation, though their targeting pattern suggests independent operations rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service model. Given the minimal public information available from major security firms and law enforcement agencies, their attack methodology and technical capabilities are not well-documented, though their victims span across Russia and the United States, focusing primarily on the food and agriculture sector as well as educational facilities. No notable high-profile campaigns or major ransoms have been publicly reported by security researchers or government agencies, indicating either highly selective targeting or limited operational success. The current operational status of the BitLocker ransomware group remains uncertain due to insufficient public intelligence and the group's apparent low-profile nature within the broader ransomware ecosystem.

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Most-affected countries

How we know this. Operator profiles on Darkfield are built from continuous monitoring of every leak site the group is known to operate, cross-correlated with community-curated feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch, MISP-galaxy). Status flips from active to inactive when no new disclosure appears for 60 days. MITRE ATT&CK mappings shown in the interactive section below are sourced from CISA, vendor analysis, and the MITRE community catalog — we attribute each technique back to its source. Aliases reflect operator re-brands and affiliate splits.

Inactive ransomware operator

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bitlocker

2 victims indexed · first seen 4 years ago · last activity 4 years ago

2
Victims indexed
#292 of 356 tracked operators
2m
Active period
Mar 2022 → May 2022
2
Countries hit
top RU · 1

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
4 years ago
Last activity
4 years ago
Primary sector
Food and Agriculture · 1 hits

About

BitLocker is an obscure ransomware group that emerged in March 2022, operating with financial motivations but maintaining a relatively small operational footprint with only two documented victims to date. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation, though their targeting pattern suggests independent operations rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service model. Given the minimal public information available from major security firms and law enforcement agencies, their attack methodology and technical capabilities are not well-documented, though their victims span across Russia and the United States, focusing primarily on the food and agriculture sector as well as educational facilities. No notable high-profile campaigns or major ransoms have been publicly reported by security researchers or government agencies, indicating either highly selective targeting or limited operational success. The current operational status of the BitLocker ransomware group remains uncertain due to insufficient public intelligence and the group's apparent low-profile nature within the broader ransomware ecosystem.

Timeline

2 months
2022-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12022-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 1
2022-03-01T00:00:00+00:002022-05-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇷🇺 Russia
1
🇺🇸 United States
1

Top sectors

Food and Agriculture
1
Education Facilities
1

MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques · 3 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Source

Updated 4 years ago

Data on this page is sourced from the group's own leak posts, cross-checked with public ransomware trackers (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch), MITRE ATT&CK, and our own Tor and Telegram crawlers. This is a public observatory page — share freely.

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