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Lockdata is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 5 public victims claimed by this operator between September 9, 2021. Lockdata is a ransomware group that emerged in September 2021, operating with primarily financial motivations through targeted attacks against organizations. The group appears to operate independently with limited public information available regarding their country of origin or affiliations with other cybercriminal organizations. Based on available intelligence, Lockdata has demonstrated a preference for targeting financial sector organizations, though their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques remain largely undocumented by major security researchers and government agencies. The group has claimed responsibility for five known victims, with their operations primarily focused on targets in the United Kingdom and United States. Due to the limited public reporting on this group's activities, details regarding notable high-profile campaigns, ransom demands, or significant law enforcement actions are not available through established threat intelligence sources. The current operational status of Lockdata remains unclear given the sparse public documentation of their recent activities.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by Lockdata

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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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Lockdata

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

5
Victims indexed
#252 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Sep 2021 → Sep 2021
2
Countries hit
top United Kingdom · 1

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
5 years ago
Last activity
5 years ago
Onion sites
2 known endpoints
Primary sector
Finance · 1 hits

About

Lockdata is a ransomware group that emerged in September 2021, operating with primarily financial motivations through targeted attacks against organizations. The group appears to operate independently with limited public information available regarding their country of origin or affiliations with other cybercriminal organizations. Based on available intelligence, Lockdata has demonstrated a preference for targeting financial sector organizations, though their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques remain largely undocumented by major security researchers and government agencies. The group has claimed responsibility for five known victims, with their operations primarily focused on targets in the United Kingdom and United States. Due to the limited public reporting on this group's activities, details regarding notable high-profile campaigns, ransom demands, or significant law enforcement actions are not available through established threat intelligence sources. The current operational status of Lockdata remains unclear given the sparse public documentation of their recent activities.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2021-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 5
2021-09-01T00:00:00+00:002021-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
🇺🇸 United States
1
United Kingdom dossier →United States dossier →

Top sectors

Finance
1
Finance 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

2 known
  • http://wm6mbuzipviusuc42kcggzkdpbhuv45sn7olyamy6mcqqked3waslbqd.onion
  • http://wm6mbuzipviusuc42kcggzkdpbhuv45sn7olyamy6mcqqked3waslbqd.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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