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Karma is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 7 public victims claimed by this operator between October 4, 2021. Karma is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in October 2021 with primarily financial motivations, having claimed seven documented victims since its first observed activities. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, with limited information available from major security vendors and law enforcement agencies regarding their operational structure or whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Due to the limited public documentation available from reputable sources such as CISA, FBI, or established security research firms, specific details regarding Karma's attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and extortion tactics have not been comprehensively analyzed or reported in open-source intelligence. The group has not been associated with any widely publicized high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement actions that have generated detailed public reporting from authoritative sources. Current intelligence suggests the group remains relatively inactive or operates at a scale that has not attracted significant attention from major threat intelligence organizations, with their operational status and recent activities remaining unclear based on available public documentation.

Recent disclosures by Karma

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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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Karma

7 victims indexed · first seen 5 years ago · last activity 5 years ago

7
Victims indexed
#229 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Oct 2021 → Oct 2021
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Countries hit

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
5 years ago
Last activity
5 years ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint

About

Karma is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in October 2021 with primarily financial motivations, having claimed seven documented victims since its first observed activities. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, with limited information available from major security vendors and law enforcement agencies regarding their operational structure or whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Due to the limited public documentation available from reputable sources such as CISA, FBI, or established security research firms, specific details regarding Karma's attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and extortion tactics have not been comprehensively analyzed or reported in open-source intelligence. The group has not been associated with any widely publicized high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement actions that have generated detailed public reporting from authoritative sources. Current intelligence suggests the group remains relatively inactive or operates at a scale that has not attracted significant attention from major threat intelligence organizations, with their operational status and recent activities remaining unclear based on available public documentation.

References

9 links

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2021-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 7
2021-10-01T00:00:00+00:002021-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

MITRE ATT&CK

63 techniques · 15 tactics

Tactics

CollectionCommand And ControlCredential AccessDefense ImpairmentDiscoveryExecutionExfiltrationImpactInitial AccessLateral MovementPersistencePrivilege EscalationReconnaissanceResource DevelopmentStealth

Techniques

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

1 known
  • http://3nvzqyo6l4wkrzumzu5aod7zbosq4ipgf7ifgj3hsvbcr5vcasordvqd.onion

Source

Updated 5 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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