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Donutleaks is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 42 public victims claimed by this operator between August 24, 2022 and July 24, 2024. Donutleaks is a ransomware group that emerged in August 2022, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a pattern of targeting critical infrastructure and business sectors across multiple countries. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented in publicly available threat intelligence reports, with limited information available from major security firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their operational structure or potential ransomware-as-a-service model. Based on the limited public documentation available, the group has demonstrated a preference for attacking healthcare, technology, manufacturing, business services, and telecommunications sectors, with their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities not extensively detailed in current threat intelligence reporting. Donutleaks has been associated with approximately 42 documented victims primarily concentrated in the United States, Italy, Iran, and Spain, though specific high-profile campaigns or ransom demands have not been widely reported by major cybersecurity organizations or law enforcement agencies. The current operational status of Donutleaks remains unclear due to limited public threat intelligence coverage of this particular threat actor.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by Donutleaks

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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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Donutleaks

42 victims indexed · first seen 4 years ago · last activity 2 years ago

42
Victims indexed
#118 of 364 tracked operators
1y 11m
Active period
Aug 2022 → Jul 2024
4
Countries hit
top United States · 8

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
4 years ago
Last activity
2 years ago
Onion sites
7 known endpoints
Primary sector
Healthcare · 5 hits

About

Donutleaks is a ransomware group that emerged in August 2022, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a pattern of targeting critical infrastructure and business sectors across multiple countries. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented in publicly available threat intelligence reports, with limited information available from major security firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their operational structure or potential ransomware-as-a-service model. Based on the limited public documentation available, the group has demonstrated a preference for attacking healthcare, technology, manufacturing, business services, and telecommunications sectors, with their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities not extensively detailed in current threat intelligence reporting. Donutleaks has been associated with approximately 42 documented victims primarily concentrated in the United States, Italy, Iran, and Spain, though specific high-profile campaigns or ransom demands have not been widely reported by major cybersecurity organizations or law enforcement agencies. The current operational status of Donutleaks remains unclear due to limited public threat intelligence coverage of this particular threat actor.

References

4 links

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

12 months
2022-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 52022-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 22022-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12023-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 102023-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 32023-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 32023-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 42024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 22024-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 22024-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 8
2022-08-01T00:00:00+00:002024-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
8
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Iran
1
🇪🇸 Spain
1
United States dossier →Italy dossier →Iran dossier →Spain dossier →

Top sectors

Healthcare
5
Technology
3
Manufacturing
2
Business Services
2
Telecommunications
1
Government
1
Transportation/Logistics
1
Hospitality and Tourism
1
Healthcare dossier →Technology dossier →Manufacturing dossier →Business Services dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

5 techniques · 5 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionDefense EvasionExfiltrationImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
  • T1567Exfiltration Over Web Service
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

7 known
  • http://dk4mkfzqai6ure62oukzgtypedmwlfq57yj2fube7j5wsoi6tuia7nyd.onion
  • http://dk4mkfzqai6ure62oukzgtypedmwlfq57yj2fube7j5wsoi6tuia7nyd.onion/index.php
  • http://doq32rjiuomfghm5a4lyf3lwwakt2774tkv4ppsos6ueo5mhx7662gid.onion
  • http://qkbbaxiuqqcqb5nox4np4qjcniy2q6m7yeluvj7n5i5dn7pgpcwxwfid.onion
  • http://sbc2zv2qnz5vubwtx3aobfpkeao6l4igjegm3xx7tk5suqhjkp5jxtqd.onion
  • https://doq32rjiuomfghm5a4lyf3lwwakt2774tkv4ppsos6ueo5mhx7662gid.onion
  • https://qkbbaxiuqqcqb5nox4np4qjcniy2q6m7yeluvj7n5i5dn7pgpcwxwfid.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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