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Hellogookie (also tracked as HELLO GOOKIE) is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 3 public victims claimed by this operator between April 19, 2024. Hellogookie is an emerging ransomware group first observed in April 2024, appearing to be primarily financially motivated based on their operational patterns. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation, with no confirmed country of origin or established links to other ransomware operations reported by major threat intelligence organizations. Given the group's recent emergence and limited victim count of three documented cases, specific details about their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics have not been extensively documented by reputable security researchers. The group has primarily targeted technology sector organizations within the United States, though the small sample size of known victims limits broader pattern analysis. Hellogookie appears to remain active as of current reporting, though the limited intelligence available suggests they operate as a relatively small-scale threat actor compared to more established ransomware families.

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Recent disclosures by Hellogookie

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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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Hellogookie

aka HELLO GOOKIE · 3 victims indexed · first seen 2 years ago · last activity 2 years ago

3
Victims indexed
#280 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Apr 2024 → Apr 2024
2
Countries hit
top United States · 1

At a glance

Status
inactive
Aliases
HELLO GOOKIE
First seen
2 years ago
Last activity
2 years ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint
Primary sector
Technology · 3 hits

About

Hellogookie is an emerging ransomware group first observed in April 2024, appearing to be primarily financially motivated based on their operational patterns. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation, with no confirmed country of origin or established links to other ransomware operations reported by major threat intelligence organizations. Given the group's recent emergence and limited victim count of three documented cases, specific details about their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics have not been extensively documented by reputable security researchers. The group has primarily targeted technology sector organizations within the United States, though the small sample size of known victims limits broader pattern analysis. Hellogookie appears to remain active as of current reporting, though the limited intelligence available suggests they operate as a relatively small-scale threat actor compared to more established ransomware families.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2024-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 3
2024-04-01T00:00:00+00:002024-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
1
🇵🇱 Poland
1
United States dossier →Poland dossier →

Top sectors

Technology
3
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://gookie256cvccntvenyxrvn7ht73bs6ss3oj2ocfkjt5y6vq6gfi2tad.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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