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Nightsky is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 2 public victims claimed by this operator between January 4, 2022. Nightsky is a relatively obscure ransomware group that first emerged in January 2022, with only two documented victims indicating limited operational scale or highly selective targeting for financial gain. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely unknown, with no publicly documented information from major security firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their geographic base of operations or connections to established ransomware ecosystems. Due to the limited public reporting on this group, specific details about their attack methodologies, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics have not been documented by reputable threat intelligence sources. No major campaigns, high-profile victims, or significant law enforcement actions against Nightsky have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established security researchers. The current operational status of Nightsky remains unclear given the sparse public intelligence available about this group's activities beyond the initial 2022 timeframe.

Most-targeted sectors

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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Nightsky

2 victims indexed · first seen 5 years ago · last activity 5 years ago

2
Victims indexed
#300 of 364 tracked operators
<1m
Active period
Jan 2022 → Jan 2022
Countries hit

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
5 years ago
Last activity
5 years ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint
Primary sector
Technology · 1 hits

About

Nightsky is a relatively obscure ransomware group that first emerged in January 2022, with only two documented victims indicating limited operational scale or highly selective targeting for financial gain. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely unknown, with no publicly documented information from major security firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their geographic base of operations or connections to established ransomware ecosystems. Due to the limited public reporting on this group, specific details about their attack methodologies, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics have not been documented by reputable threat intelligence sources. No major campaigns, high-profile victims, or significant law enforcement actions against Nightsky have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established security researchers. The current operational status of Nightsky remains unclear given the sparse public intelligence available about this group's activities beyond the initial 2022 timeframe.

References

9 links

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2022-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 2
2022-01-01T00:00:00+00:002022-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top sectors

Technology
1

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

1 known
  • http://gg5ryfgogainisskdvh4y373ap3b2mxafcibeh2lvq5x7fx76ygcosad.onion

Source

Updated 5 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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