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lunalock is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 2 public victims claimed by this operator between September 2, 2025 and September 16, 2025. LunaLock is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in September 2025, appearing to be financially motivated based on their limited operational footprint. The group's country of origin and potential affiliations remain unknown due to their recent emergence and limited public documentation. With only two documented victims to date, LunaLock appears to primarily target telecommunications infrastructure, with attacks recorded in the United States and Mexico, though their specific attack methodology, encryption techniques, and whether they employ data exfiltration tactics have not been publicly documented by major security research organizations. No notable high-profile campaigns or significant ransomware demands have been reported for this group, and no law enforcement actions have been publicly disclosed. LunaLock appears to remain active as of late 2025, though their limited victim count and recent emergence make it difficult to assess their long-term operational capabilities or intentions.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

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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lunalock

2 victims indexed · first seen 11 months ago · last activity 10 months ago

2
Victims indexed
#300 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Sep 2025 → Sep 2025
2
Countries hit
top US · 1

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
11 months ago
Last activity
10 months ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint
Primary sector
Telecommunication · 1 hits

About

LunaLock is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in September 2025, appearing to be financially motivated based on their limited operational footprint. The group's country of origin and potential affiliations remain unknown due to their recent emergence and limited public documentation. With only two documented victims to date, LunaLock appears to primarily target telecommunications infrastructure, with attacks recorded in the United States and Mexico, though their specific attack methodology, encryption techniques, and whether they employ data exfiltration tactics have not been publicly documented by major security research organizations. No notable high-profile campaigns or significant ransomware demands have been reported for this group, and no law enforcement actions have been publicly disclosed. LunaLock appears to remain active as of late 2025, though their limited victim count and recent emergence make it difficult to assess their long-term operational capabilities or intentions.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 2
2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:002025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
1
🇲🇽 Mexico
1

Top sectors

Telecommunication
1

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://lunalockcccxzkpfovwzifwxcytqkiuak6wzybnniqwxcmpsetpbetid.onion

Source

Updated 10 months 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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