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Meow is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 145 public victims claimed by this operator between November 24, 2023 and November 19, 2024. Meow is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in November 2023, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group has compromised at least 145 known victims in a short operational timeframe, demonstrating rapid scaling of their criminal enterprise. Based on their targeting patterns, Meow appears to focus heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada representing their primary victim base, though they have also expanded operations to include targets in Italy and Colombia. The group shows a preference for attacking business services organizations, manufacturing companies, healthcare institutions, and agriculture and food production entities, suggesting they may employ broad-spectrum targeting rather than highly specialized sector focus. Their emergence in late 2023 and the significant victim count achieved in a relatively short period indicates either a sophisticated operation with experienced operators or potential links to existing ransomware ecosystems, though specific details about their attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or data exfiltration practices have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence sources. Given the recent timeline of their emergence and limited public reporting from established security researchers, detailed technical analysis of their tools, tactics, and procedures remains sparse. The group appears to remain active as of current reporting, though comprehensive law enforcement actions or major disruption efforts have not been publicly documented.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by Meow

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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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Meow

145 victims indexed · first seen 3 years ago · last activity 2 years ago

145
Victims indexed
#59 of 364 tracked operators
1y 0m
Active period
Nov 2023 → Nov 2024
10
Countries hit
top United States · 55

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
3 years ago
Last activity
2 years ago
Onion sites
4 known endpoints
Primary sector
Business Services · 36 hits

About

Meow is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in November 2023, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group has compromised at least 145 known victims in a short operational timeframe, demonstrating rapid scaling of their criminal enterprise. Based on their targeting patterns, Meow appears to focus heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada representing their primary victim base, though they have also expanded operations to include targets in Italy and Colombia. The group shows a preference for attacking business services organizations, manufacturing companies, healthcare institutions, and agriculture and food production entities, suggesting they may employ broad-spectrum targeting rather than highly specialized sector focus. Their emergence in late 2023 and the significant victim count achieved in a relatively short period indicates either a sophisticated operation with experienced operators or potential links to existing ransomware ecosystems, though specific details about their attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or data exfiltration practices have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence sources. Given the recent timeline of their emergence and limited public reporting from established security researchers, detailed technical analysis of their tools, tactics, and procedures remains sparse. The group appears to remain active as of current reporting, though comprehensive law enforcement actions or major disruption efforts have not been publicly documented.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

12 months
2023-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 92023-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 62024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 62024-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 22024-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12024-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 22024-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 172024-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 422024-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 192024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 262024-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 14
2023-11-01T00:00:00+00:002024-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
55
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
8
🇨🇦 Canada
7
🇮🇹 Italy
6
🇦🇺 Australia
3
🇪🇸 Spain
3
🇮🇱 Israel
3
🇨🇴 Colombia
3
United States dossier →United Kingdom dossier →Canada dossier →Italy dossier →

Top sectors

Business Services
36
Manufacturing
17
Healthcare
12
Agriculture and Food Production
12
Government
11
Technology
9
Financial
7
Hospitality and Tourism
4
Business Services dossier →Manufacturing dossier →Healthcare dossier →Agriculture and Food Production dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

5 techniques · 4 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionDefense EvasionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
  • T1204User Execution
  • T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

4 known
  • http://meow6xanhzfci2gbkn3lmbqq7xjjufskkdfocqdngt3ltvzgqpsg5mid.onion
  • http://meow6xanhzfci2gbkn3lmbqq7xjjufskkdfocqdngt3ltvzgqpsg5mid.onion/backend/post/getPosts?page=1&search=
  • http://totos7fquprkecvcsl2jwy72v32glgkp2ejeqlnx5ynnxvbebgnletqd.onion
  • http://totos7fquprkecvcsl2jwy72v32glgkp2ejeqlnx5ynnxvbebgnletqd.onion/story/getAllStories

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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