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Ciphbit is a ransomware operator currently active on public leak sites. Darkfield has indexed 36 public victims claimed by this operator between September 14, 2023 and February 10, 2026. Ciphbit is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in September 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a focused targeting approach across Western nations. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they operate as an independent entity rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service model. With limited public documentation from authoritative sources like CISA, FBI, or major security research firms, specific details regarding their attack methodology, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively analyzed or reported in open-source intelligence. The group has claimed responsibility for attacks against 36 documented victims, primarily concentrating their operations in the United States, Italy, France, Germany, and Portugal, with a notable preference for targeting business services, manufacturing, healthcare, and construction sectors. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Ciphbit have been publicly documented by authoritative sources as of current reporting. Based on available intelligence, Ciphbit appears to remain active as of late 2023, though their relatively recent emergence and limited public documentation make definitive status assessments challenging without additional confirmed reporting from established threat intelligence sources.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by Ciphbit

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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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Ciphbit

36 victims indexed · first seen 3 years ago · last activity 5 months ago

36
Victims indexed
#127 of 364 tracked operators
2y 5m
Active period
Sep 2023 → Feb 2026
10
Countries hit
top United States · 7

At a glance

Status
active
First seen
3 years ago
Last activity
5 months ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint
Primary sector
Not Found · 13 hits

About

Ciphbit is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in September 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a focused targeting approach across Western nations. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they operate as an independent entity rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service model. With limited public documentation from authoritative sources like CISA, FBI, or major security research firms, specific details regarding their attack methodology, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively analyzed or reported in open-source intelligence. The group has claimed responsibility for attacks against 36 documented victims, primarily concentrating their operations in the United States, Italy, France, Germany, and Portugal, with a notable preference for targeting business services, manufacturing, healthcare, and construction sectors. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Ciphbit have been publicly documented by authoritative sources as of current reporting. Based on available intelligence, Ciphbit appears to remain active as of late 2023, though their relatively recent emergence and limited public documentation make definitive status assessments challenging without additional confirmed reporting from established threat intelligence sources.

References

5 links

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

18 months
2023-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 82023-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 22024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 42024-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 32024-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12025-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12025-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 32025-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 32025-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12025-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 2
2023-09-01T00:00:00+00:002026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
7
🇮🇹 Italy
5
🇫🇷 France
4
🇩🇪 Germany
3
🇵🇹 Portugal
3
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
🇵🇦 Panama
1
🇪🇸 Spain
1
United States dossier →Italy dossier →France dossier →Germany dossier →

Top sectors

Business Services
6
Manufacturing
3
Healthcare
3
Construction
1
Telecommunication
1
Business Services dossier →Manufacturing dossier →Healthcare dossier →Construction dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 4 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionDefense EvasionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

1 known
  • http://ciphbitqyg26jor7eeo6xieyq7reouctefrompp6ogvhqjba7uo4xdid.onion

Source

Updated 5 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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