Operator dossier

Mindware is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 13 public victims claimed by this operator between May 5, 2022. Mindware is a relatively obscure ransomware operation that first emerged in May 2022, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities. The group's country of origin and potential affiliations with other ransomware families remain undocumented in publicly available threat intelligence reporting from major security vendors and government agencies. Due to limited public documentation from established sources such as CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable security researchers, specific details regarding Mindware's attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and data exfiltration capabilities have not been comprehensively analyzed or reported. The group has been linked to approximately 13 known victims since its emergence, though detailed information about notable campaigns, high-profile targets, or significant ransom demands has not been publicly documented by authoritative sources. Current intelligence suggests Mindware remains a low-profile threat actor with limited visibility in the broader ransomware landscape, and its current operational status remains unclear due to insufficient public reporting on the group's recent activities.

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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Mindware

13 victims indexed · first seen 4 years ago · last activity 4 years ago

Victims indexed

#197 of 364 tracked operators

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Active period

May 2022 → May 2022

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Countries hit

At a glance

Status: inactive
First seen: 4 years ago
Last activity: 4 years ago
Onion sites: 2 known endpoints

About

Mindware is a relatively obscure ransomware operation that first emerged in May 2022, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities. The group's country of origin and potential affiliations with other ransomware families remain undocumented in publicly available threat intelligence reporting from major security vendors and government agencies. Due to limited public documentation from established sources such as CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable security researchers, specific details regarding Mindware's attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and data exfiltration capabilities have not been comprehensively analyzed or reported. The group has been linked to approximately 13 known victims since its emergence, though detailed information about notable campaigns, high-profile targets, or significant ransom demands has not been publicly documented by authoritative sources. Current intelligence suggests Mindware remains a low-profile threat actor with limited visibility in the broader ransomware landscape, and its current operational status remains unclear due to insufficient public reporting on the group's recent activities.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

ransomlook.io/group/mindware

Timeline

1 months

2022-05-01T00:00:00+00:002022-05-01T00:00:00+00:00

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 3 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionImpact

Techniques

T1566Phishing
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
T1204User Execution
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

2 known

http://dfpc7yvle5kxmgg6sbcp5ytggy3oeob676bjgwcwhyr2pwcrmbvoilqd.onion
https://dfpc7yvle5kxmgg6sbcp5ytggy3oeob676bjgwcwhyr2pwcrmbvoilqd.onion/

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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