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Midas is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 44 public victims claimed by this operator between November 29, 2021 and April 14, 2022. Midas is a financially-motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2021, primarily targeting organizations across developed nations with a focus on critical infrastructure and high-value sectors. The group's country of origin and specific affiliations remain undetermined based on publicly available intelligence, though their targeting patterns and operational methods suggest a profit-driven criminal enterprise rather than state-sponsored activity. Midas operators typically employ double extortion tactics, exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their encryption payload, though specific details about their initial access vectors and technical tools have not been extensively documented by major security firms. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the Food & Agriculture, Manufacturing, Finance, and Professional Services sectors across the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and France, with approximately 44 documented victims since their emergence. Current intelligence indicates Midas remains an active threat, though the group maintains a relatively low profile compared to more prominent ransomware families, with limited detailed technical analysis available from established threat intelligence sources.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by Midas

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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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Midas

44 victims indexed · first seen 5 years ago · last activity 4 years ago

44
Victims indexed
#115 of 364 tracked operators
5m
Active period
Nov 2021 → Apr 2022
4
Countries hit
top United Kingdom · 7

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
5 years ago
Last activity
4 years ago
Onion sites
2 known endpoints
Primary sector
Food & Agriculture · 1 hits

About

Midas is a financially-motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2021, primarily targeting organizations across developed nations with a focus on critical infrastructure and high-value sectors. The group's country of origin and specific affiliations remain undetermined based on publicly available intelligence, though their targeting patterns and operational methods suggest a profit-driven criminal enterprise rather than state-sponsored activity. Midas operators typically employ double extortion tactics, exfiltrating sensitive data before deploying their encryption payload, though specific details about their initial access vectors and technical tools have not been extensively documented by major security firms. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations in the Food & Agriculture, Manufacturing, Finance, and Professional Services sectors across the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and France, with approximately 44 documented victims since their emergence. Current intelligence indicates Midas remains an active threat, though the group maintains a relatively low profile compared to more prominent ransomware families, with limited detailed technical analysis available from established threat intelligence sources.

References

4 links

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

6 months
2021-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 252021-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 32022-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 22022-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 62022-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 42022-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 4
2021-11-01T00:00:00+00:002022-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇬🇧 United Kingdom
7
🇺🇸 United States
3
🇩🇪 Germany
2
🇫🇷 France
1
United Kingdom dossier →United States dossier →Germany dossier →France dossier →

Top sectors

Food & Agriculture
1
Manufacturing
1
Finance
1
Professional Services
1
Food & Agriculture dossier →Manufacturing dossier →Finance dossier →Professional Services dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 4 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionDefense EvasionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

2 known
  • http://midasbkic5eyfox4dhnijkzc7v7e4hpmsb2qgux7diqbpna4up4rtdad.onion
  • http://midasbkic5eyfox4dhnijkzc7v7e4hpmsb2qgux7diqbpna4up4rtdad.onion/blog.php

Source

Updated 4 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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