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dunghill is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 16 public victims claimed by this operator between April 10, 2023 and July 1, 2025. The dunghill ransomware group is a relatively new financially-motivated cybercriminal operation that emerged in April 2023, with documented attacks against 16 victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on limited public reporting, the group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest they operate as an independent entity rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service operation. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting business services and technology sectors, with attacks documented across the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Bolivia, and Taiwan, indicating either a broad opportunistic approach or the use of initial access brokers to expand their geographic reach. While specific technical details about their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and extortion tactics have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports, their multi-country victim distribution suggests they employ common initial access vectors such as phishing, credential theft, or exploitation of internet-facing vulnerabilities. No major high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement actions against the dunghill group have been publicly reported, likely due to their recent emergence and relatively small victim count compared to more established ransomware operations. As of current reporting, the group appears to remain active with limited public visibility into their operations.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by dunghill

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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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dunghill

16 victims indexed · first seen 3 years ago · last activity 1 year ago

16
Victims indexed
#174 of 364 tracked operators
2y 3m
Active period
Apr 2023 → Jul 2025
6
Countries hit
top GB · 2

At a glance

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

About

The dunghill ransomware group is a relatively new financially-motivated cybercriminal operation that emerged in April 2023, with documented attacks against 16 victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on limited public reporting, the group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest they operate as an independent entity rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service operation. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting business services and technology sectors, with attacks documented across the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Bolivia, and Taiwan, indicating either a broad opportunistic approach or the use of initial access brokers to expand their geographic reach. While specific technical details about their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and extortion tactics have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports, their multi-country victim distribution suggests they employ common initial access vectors such as phishing, credential theft, or exploitation of internet-facing vulnerabilities. No major high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement actions against the dunghill group have been publicly reported, likely due to their recent emergence and relatively small victim count compared to more established ransomware operations. As of current reporting, the group appears to remain active with limited public visibility into their operations.

References

6 links

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

9 months
2023-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12023-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 32023-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 62023-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12025-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12025-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 1
2023-04-01T00:00:00+00:002025-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
🇺🇸 United States
1
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
🇧🇴 Bolivia
1
🇹🇼 Taiwan
1
🇨🇦 Canada
1
United Kingdom dossier →United States dossier →Brazil dossier →Bolivia dossier →

Top sectors

Business Services
2
Technology
2
Business Services dossier →Technology 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://nsalewdnfclsowcal6kn5csm4ryqmfpijznxwictukhrgvz2vbmjjjyd.onion

Source

Updated 1 year 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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