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cyclops is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 7 public victims claimed by this operator between July 1, 2023 and July 26, 2023. Cyclops is a relatively minor ransomware group that emerged in July 2023, operating with apparent financial motivations and maintaining a low profile compared to established ransomware families. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, with limited information available regarding their operational structure or potential ties to other cybercriminal organizations. Based on available data, Cyclops has demonstrated geographically diverse targeting patterns, with documented victims spanning Australia, China, and Guatemala, though their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been extensively analyzed or reported by major security firms or law enforcement agencies. With only seven known victims documented since their emergence, the group represents a relatively small-scale operation that has not conducted any widely publicized high-profile attacks or drawn significant attention from cybersecurity researchers or law enforcement disruption efforts. Current intelligence suggests the group remains active but operates at a scale significantly below major ransomware families that typically dominate threat landscape reporting.

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by cyclops

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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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cyclops

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

7
Victims indexed
#229 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Jul 2023 → Jul 2023
3
Countries hit
top AU · 2

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
3 years ago
Last activity
3 years ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint

About

Cyclops is a relatively minor ransomware group that emerged in July 2023, operating with apparent financial motivations and maintaining a low profile compared to established ransomware families. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, with limited information available regarding their operational structure or potential ties to other cybercriminal organizations. Based on available data, Cyclops has demonstrated geographically diverse targeting patterns, with documented victims spanning Australia, China, and Guatemala, though their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been extensively analyzed or reported by major security firms or law enforcement agencies. With only seven known victims documented since their emergence, the group represents a relatively small-scale operation that has not conducted any widely publicized high-profile attacks or drawn significant attention from cybersecurity researchers or law enforcement disruption efforts. Current intelligence suggests the group remains active but operates at a scale significantly below major ransomware families that typically dominate threat landscape reporting.

References

6 links

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2023-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 7
2023-07-01T00:00:00+00:002023-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇦🇺 Australia
2
🇨🇳 China
1
🇬🇹 Guatemala
1
Australia dossier →China dossier →Guatemala dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 3 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
  • T1204User Execution
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

1 known
  • http://nt3rrzq5hcyznvdkpslvqbbc2jqecqrinhi5jtwoae2x7psqtcb6dcad.onion/blogs/79b2eb61-97e2-4a2e-81f8-1c1d45c3b59c

Source

Updated 3 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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