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Madliberator (also tracked as mad liberator) is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 16 public victims claimed by this operator between July 17, 2024 and October 1, 2024. Madliberator is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in July 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a focused targeting approach across multiple continents. Based on their targeting pattern spanning Spain, Italy, Germany, South Korea, and South Africa, the group appears to operate internationally with no clear geographic origin established by security researchers, and their operational model as either independent operators or ransomware-as-a-service remains undetermined due to limited public documentation. With only 16 documented victims since their emergence, specific details about their attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics have not been extensively documented by major security firms or government agencies. The group has primarily targeted business services, manufacturing, financial services, and government sectors, though no specific high-profile incidents or record ransom demands have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established threat intelligence providers. As of current reporting, Madliberator appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing targeting activities, though comprehensive analysis remains limited due to the group's relatively small victim count and recent operational timeline.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by Madliberator

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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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Madliberator

aka mad liberator · 16 victims indexed · first seen 2 years ago · last activity 2 years ago

16
Victims indexed
#174 of 364 tracked operators
3m
Active period
Jul 2024 → Oct 2024
10
Countries hit
top Spain · 3

At a glance

Status
inactive
Aliases
mad liberator
First seen
2 years ago
Last activity
2 years ago
Onion sites
2 known endpoints
Primary sector
Business Services · 6 hits

About

Madliberator is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in July 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a focused targeting approach across multiple continents. Based on their targeting pattern spanning Spain, Italy, Germany, South Korea, and South Africa, the group appears to operate internationally with no clear geographic origin established by security researchers, and their operational model as either independent operators or ransomware-as-a-service remains undetermined due to limited public documentation. With only 16 documented victims since their emergence, specific details about their attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics have not been extensively documented by major security firms or government agencies. The group has primarily targeted business services, manufacturing, financial services, and government sectors, though no specific high-profile incidents or record ransom demands have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established threat intelligence providers. As of current reporting, Madliberator appears to remain active given their recent emergence and ongoing targeting activities, though comprehensive analysis remains limited due to the group's relatively small victim count and recent operational timeline.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

4 months
2024-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 92024-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 42024-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 22024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 1
2024-07-01T00:00:00+00:002024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇪🇸 Spain
3
🇮🇹 Italy
2
🇩🇪 Germany
1
🇰🇷 South Korea
1
🇿🇦 South Africa
1
🇺🇸 United States
1
🇳🇱 Netherlands
1
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Spain dossier →Italy dossier →Germany dossier →South Korea dossier →

Top sectors

Business Services
6
Manufacturing
2
Financial
2
Government
2
Transportation/Logistics
1
Technology
1
Healthcare
1
Business Services dossier →Manufacturing dossier →Financial dossier →Government dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 4 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionDefense EvasionImpact

Techniques

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

2 known
  • http://k67ivvik3dikqi4gy4ua7xa6idijl4si7k5ad5lotbaeirfcsx4sgbid.onion
  • http://k67ivvik3dikqi4gy4ua7xa6idijl4si7k5ad5lotbaeirfcsx4sgbid.onion/index2.php

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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