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IAMNOTAVILLAIN is a ransomware operator currently active on public leak sites. Darkfield has indexed 8 public victims claimed by this operator between September 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026. IAMNOTAVILLAIN is a ransomware group first observed in September 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, though limited public documentation exists given the group's nascent emergence and very low victim count. With only two known victims identified to date, both concentrated in Italy and spanning the financial services and government sectors, the group remains largely uncharacterized by major threat intelligence organizations including CISA, FBI, and Mandiant at this time. Due to the extremely limited operational history and absence of confirmed public reporting from authoritative sources, definitive attribution regarding country of origin, RaaS affiliation, specific tooling, initial access vectors, or extortion methodology cannot be responsibly assessed. The targeting pattern — specifically Italian financial and government entities — may suggest opportunistic selection or a deliberate regional focus, though the small sample size of two victims is insufficient to establish a reliable pattern. Given the group's very recent first observation date and minimal footprint, IAMNOTAVILLAIN should be considered an emerging and uncharacterized threat actor whose profile warrants continued monitoring as additional intelligence becomes available through credible reporting channels.

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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 changes from active to dormant when no new disclosure appears for 60 days. Without a disclosure date, activity is unknown. 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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IAMNOTAVILLAIN

8 victims indexed · first seen 14 days ago · last activity 2 days ago

8
Victims indexed
#255 of 410 tracked operators
1m
Active period
Sep 2026 → Oct 2026
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Countries hit

At a glance

Status
active
First seen
14 days ago
Last activity
2 days ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint

About

IAMNOTAVILLAIN is a ransomware group first observed in September 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, though limited public documentation exists given the group's nascent emergence and very low victim count. With only two known victims identified to date, both concentrated in Italy and spanning the financial services and government sectors, the group remains largely uncharacterized by major threat intelligence organizations including CISA, FBI, and Mandiant at this time. Due to the extremely limited operational history and absence of confirmed public reporting from authoritative sources, definitive attribution regarding country of origin, RaaS affiliation, specific tooling, initial access vectors, or extortion methodology cannot be responsibly assessed. The targeting pattern — specifically Italian financial and government entities — may suggest opportunistic selection or a deliberate regional focus, though the small sample size of two victims is insufficient to establish a reliable pattern. Given the group's very recent first observation date and minimal footprint, IAMNOTAVILLAIN should be considered an emerging and uncharacterized threat actor whose profile warrants continued monitoring as additional intelligence becomes available through credible reporting channels.

References

1 link

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Onion infrastructure

1 known
  • http://o6rtgcjdjqyimjxexpejddhdfbehsjn4fcsazfkgwydeb27gqhtdntyd.onion

Source

Updated 2 days 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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