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Darkfield

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bluebox is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 3 public victims claimed by this operator between December 11, 2024 and December 17, 2024. Bluebox is a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in December 2024, appearing to be financially motivated based on typical ransomware monetization patterns. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to its recent emergence, and it is unknown whether they operate as an independent entity or utilize a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. With only three documented victims across France and Sweden, primarily targeting business services and manufacturing sectors, the group's attack methodology, initial access vectors, and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security research organizations. Due to the limited public reporting from established threat intelligence sources like CISA, FBI, or Mandiant, specific details about their encryption methods, extortion tactics, or notable campaigns cannot be confirmed. The group appears to remain active as of early 2024, though their operational scope and impact remain minimal compared to established ransomware families.

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Recent disclosures by bluebox

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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.

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bluebox

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

3
Victims indexed
#280 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Dec 2024 → Dec 2024
2
Countries hit
top FR · 2

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
2 years ago
Last activity
2 years ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint
Primary sector
Business Services · 1 hits

About

Bluebox is a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in December 2024, appearing to be financially motivated based on typical ransomware monetization patterns. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to its recent emergence, and it is unknown whether they operate as an independent entity or utilize a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. With only three documented victims across France and Sweden, primarily targeting business services and manufacturing sectors, the group's attack methodology, initial access vectors, and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security research organizations. Due to the limited public reporting from established threat intelligence sources like CISA, FBI, or Mandiant, specific details about their encryption methods, extortion tactics, or notable campaigns cannot be confirmed. The group appears to remain active as of early 2024, though their operational scope and impact remain minimal compared to established ransomware families.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2024-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 3
2024-12-01T00:00:00+00:002024-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇫🇷 France
2
🇸🇪 Sweden
1
France dossier →Sweden dossier →

Top sectors

Business Services
1
Manufacturing
1
Business Services dossier →Manufacturing dossier →

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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Onion infrastructure

1 known
  • http://zu3wfrmrkl4ltqqnpt3owp3cwa33rqwod4gpe3ttb5o4vf2is2gzm6qd.onion

Source

Updated 2 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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