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Dunghill_Leak 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. Dunghill_Leak is a relatively obscure ransomware operation that emerged in April 2023, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting small to medium-sized organizations. The group's country of origin and potential affiliations with other cybercriminal organizations remain unknown due to limited public reporting from major threat intelligence firms and law enforcement agencies. Based on their targeting patterns, the group appears to focus on opportunistic attacks against businesses in English-speaking countries, particularly the United Kingdom, Canada, and United States, as well as expanding operations into South American markets including Brazil and Bolivia, with a preference for victims in business services and technology sectors. With only 16 documented victims since their emergence, Dunghill_Leak operates as a smaller-scale ransomware group compared to major threat actors, and specific details about their attack methodologies, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or whether they employ double extortion tactics have not been extensively documented in publicly available threat intelligence reports. The group's current operational status remains unclear, as limited public information prevents a comprehensive assessment of their ongoing activities or potential law enforcement disruption efforts.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by Dunghill_Leak

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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_Leak

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 United Kingdom · 2

At a glance

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

About

Dunghill_Leak is a relatively obscure ransomware operation that emerged in April 2023, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting small to medium-sized organizations. The group's country of origin and potential affiliations with other cybercriminal organizations remain unknown due to limited public reporting from major threat intelligence firms and law enforcement agencies. Based on their targeting patterns, the group appears to focus on opportunistic attacks against businesses in English-speaking countries, particularly the United Kingdom, Canada, and United States, as well as expanding operations into South American markets including Brazil and Bolivia, with a preference for victims in business services and technology sectors. With only 16 documented victims since their emergence, Dunghill_Leak operates as a smaller-scale ransomware group compared to major threat actors, and specific details about their attack methodologies, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or whether they employ double extortion tactics have not been extensively documented in publicly available threat intelligence reports. The group's current operational status remains unclear, as limited public information prevents a comprehensive assessment of their ongoing activities or potential law enforcement disruption efforts.

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

Top sectors

Business Services
2
Technology
2
Business Services dossier →Technology dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

6 techniques · 6 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionDefense EvasionCollectionExfiltrationImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
  • T1005Data from Local System
  • T1041Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

3 known
  • http://nsalewdnfclsowcal6kn5csm4ryqmfpijznxwictukhrgvz2vbmjjjyd.onion
  • http://p66slxmtum2ox4jpayco6ai3qfehd5urgrs4oximjzklxcol264driqd.onion
  • http://p66slxmtum2ox4jpayco6ai3qfehd5urgrs4oximjzklxcol264driqd.onion/index.html

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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