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cipherforce is a ransomware operator currently active on public leak sites. Darkfield has indexed 6 public victims claimed by this operator between February 23, 2026. CipherForce is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in February 2026, appearing to be financially motivated based on their targeting patterns and operational characteristics. Given their recent emergence and limited public documentation, details about their specific country of origin and affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting of victims across the United States, United Arab Emirates, India, China, and Vietnam suggests either a geographically distributed operation or deliberate international scope. With only six known victims documented to date, the group appears to focus on technology companies, business services, and transportation/logistics sectors, though their attack methodology and specific tools have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies. No notable high-profile campaigns or significant ransoms have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established security researchers, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small victim count. CipherForce appears to remain active as of current reporting, though their limited operational history makes it difficult to assess their long-term viability or potential for expansion.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by cipherforce

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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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cipherforce

6 victims indexed · first seen 5 months ago · last activity 5 months ago

6
Victims indexed
#238 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Feb 2026 → Feb 2026
5
Countries hit
top US · 2

At a glance

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

About

CipherForce is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in February 2026, appearing to be financially motivated based on their targeting patterns and operational characteristics. Given their recent emergence and limited public documentation, details about their specific country of origin and affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting of victims across the United States, United Arab Emirates, India, China, and Vietnam suggests either a geographically distributed operation or deliberate international scope. With only six known victims documented to date, the group appears to focus on technology companies, business services, and transportation/logistics sectors, though their attack methodology and specific tools have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies. No notable high-profile campaigns or significant ransoms have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established security researchers, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small victim count. CipherForce appears to remain active as of current reporting, though their limited operational history makes it difficult to assess their long-term viability or potential for expansion.

References

1 link

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Timeline

1 months
2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 6
2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:002026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
2
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
1
🇮🇳 India
1
🇨🇳 China
1
🇻🇳 Vietnam
1
United States dossier →United Arab Emirates dossier →India dossier →China dossier →

Top sectors

Technology
2
Business Services
1
Transportation/Logistics
1
Technology dossier →Business Services dossier →Transportation/Logistics dossier →

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://22evxpggnkyrxpluewqsrv5j4jtde6hut2peq3w44d6ase676qlkoead.onion
  • http://o3ydbkayttkyg4iw2nc732jxmmex25bjeyqyvuuyngnxmpehdefjr3qd.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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