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Eldorado (also tracked as el dorado) is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 112 public victims claimed by this operator between June 6, 2024 and January 22, 2025. Eldorado is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in June 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a relatively broad targeting approach across multiple countries and industry sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, with no confirmed links to state actors or established ransomware families, though their operational patterns suggest they likely operate as an independent entity rather than a formal RaaS model. Specific technical details regarding Eldorado's initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration capabilities have not been extensively documented in public security research, though their targeting of over 112 victims across diverse sectors including business services, technology, manufacturing, and financial services suggests they employ opportunistic attack methodologies rather than highly specialized techniques. The group has demonstrated a geographic focus primarily on the United States and Canada, with additional activity observed in Italy, UAE, and Croatia, though no specific high-profile campaigns or major ransomware incidents have been publicly attributed to this group by federal agencies or major security firms. As of current reporting, Eldorado appears to remain active with no documented law enforcement disruptions or confirmed rebranding activities, though the limited public visibility of their operations suggests they may be a smaller-scale operation compared to established ransomware families.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by Eldorado

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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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Eldorado

aka el dorado · 112 victims indexed · first seen 2 years ago · last activity 1 year ago

112
Victims indexed
#67 of 364 tracked operators
7m
Active period
Jun 2024 → Jan 2025
10
Countries hit
top United States · 71

At a glance

Status
inactive
Aliases
el dorado
First seen
2 years ago
Last activity
1 year ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint
Primary sector
Business Services · 34 hits

About

Eldorado is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in June 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a relatively broad targeting approach across multiple countries and industry sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, with no confirmed links to state actors or established ransomware families, though their operational patterns suggest they likely operate as an independent entity rather than a formal RaaS model. Specific technical details regarding Eldorado's initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration capabilities have not been extensively documented in public security research, though their targeting of over 112 victims across diverse sectors including business services, technology, manufacturing, and financial services suggests they employ opportunistic attack methodologies rather than highly specialized techniques. The group has demonstrated a geographic focus primarily on the United States and Canada, with additional activity observed in Italy, UAE, and Croatia, though no specific high-profile campaigns or major ransomware incidents have been publicly attributed to this group by federal agencies or major security firms. As of current reporting, Eldorado appears to remain active with no documented law enforcement disruptions or confirmed rebranding activities, though the limited public visibility of their operations suggests they may be a smaller-scale operation compared to established ransomware families.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

7 months
2024-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 152024-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 42024-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 162024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 202024-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 432024-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 82025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 6
2024-06-01T00:00:00+00:002025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
71
🇨🇦 Canada
7
🇮🇹 Italy
7
🇭🇷 Croatia
3
🇦🇪 UAE
3
🇧🇷 Brazil
2
Aruba
2
🇦🇺 Australia
2
United States dossier →Canada dossier →Italy dossier →Croatia dossier →

Top sectors

Business Services
34
Technology
19
Manufacturing
12
Financial
7
Transportation/Logistics
7
Government
5
Education
4
Hospitality and Tourism
3
Business Services dossier →Technology dossier →Manufacturing dossier →Financial dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

5 techniques · 4 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionDefense EvasionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

1 known
  • http://dataleakypypu7uwblm5kttv726l3iripago6p336xjnbstkjwrlnlid.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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