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blackshrantac is a ransomware operator currently active on public leak sites. Darkfield has indexed 43 public victims claimed by this operator between September 17, 2025 and January 20, 2026. Based on available intelligence, blackshrantac is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in September 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a geographically diverse targeting approach across multiple continents. The group has victimized 43 known entities primarily across India, the United States, Turkey, Peru, and Australia, suggesting either a broad opportunistic targeting strategy or access to varied initial compromise vectors that span different regions. Their sector targeting shows a preference for manufacturing, technology, financial services, and public sector organizations, though a significant portion of their attacks have occurred against entities in unspecified sectors, indicating either incomplete intelligence gathering or deliberate obfuscation of their targeting patterns. Due to the group's recent emergence and relatively limited public exposure, detailed information about their specific attack methodologies, tooling, encryption techniques, data exfiltration practices, or operational structure remains largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations and law enforcement agencies. The group's current operational status appears to be active given their recent first observation date, though the limited intelligence available suggests they may be either a smaller operation or have successfully maintained a lower profile compared to more established ransomware groups.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by blackshrantac

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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.

Active ransomware operator

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blackshrantac

43 victims indexed · first seen 10 months ago · last activity 6 months ago

43
Victims indexed
#117 of 364 tracked operators
4m
Active period
Sep 2025 → Jan 2026
10
Countries hit
top IN · 8

At a glance

Status
active
First seen
10 months ago
Last activity
6 months ago
Onion sites
2 known endpoints
Primary sector
Not Found · 15 hits

About

Based on available intelligence, blackshrantac is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in September 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a geographically diverse targeting approach across multiple continents. The group has victimized 43 known entities primarily across India, the United States, Turkey, Peru, and Australia, suggesting either a broad opportunistic targeting strategy or access to varied initial compromise vectors that span different regions. Their sector targeting shows a preference for manufacturing, technology, financial services, and public sector organizations, though a significant portion of their attacks have occurred against entities in unspecified sectors, indicating either incomplete intelligence gathering or deliberate obfuscation of their targeting patterns. Due to the group's recent emergence and relatively limited public exposure, detailed information about their specific attack methodologies, tooling, encryption techniques, data exfiltration practices, or operational structure remains largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations and law enforcement agencies. The group's current operational status appears to be active given their recent first observation date, though the limited intelligence available suggests they may be either a smaller operation or have successfully maintained a lower profile compared to more established ransomware groups.

References

1 link

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Timeline

5 months
2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 82025-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 152025-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 92025-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 42026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 7
2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:002026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇮🇳 India
8
🇺🇸 United States
8
🇹🇷 Türkiye
4
🇵🇪 Peru
3
🇦🇺 Australia
1
🇶🇦 Qatar
1
🇰🇷 South Korea
1
🇲🇾 Malaysia
1

Top sectors

Manufacturing
8
Technology
6
Financial Services
4
Public Sector
3
Consumer Services
1
Business Services
1
Telecommunication
1
Healthcare
1

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 3 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

2 known
  • http://b2ykcy2gcug4gnccm6hnrb5xapnresmyjjqgvhafaypppwgo4feixwyd.onion
  • http://shrantacpxim7z6m6pnszi52bb2tp23sntby3hklt36rezdja7bdjsyd.onion/leaks

Source

Updated 6 months 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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