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Pandora is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 5 public victims claimed by this operator between March 17, 2022 and March 30, 2022. The Pandora ransomware group emerged in March 2022 as a financially motivated cybercriminal organization that has claimed responsibility for at least five documented victims. Due to the group's relatively recent emergence and limited public documentation, details about their country of origin and operational structure remain largely unknown to security researchers. The group appears to follow conventional ransomware attack patterns, though specific details about their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and whether they employ double extortion tactics have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports from major security firms. Given their small victim count and limited public exposure compared to major ransomware operations, Pandora has not been associated with any particularly high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement actions. The current operational status of the Pandora group remains unclear, as limited public reporting makes it difficult to determine whether they continue to be active or have ceased operations.

Recent disclosures by Pandora

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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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Pandora

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

5
Victims indexed
#252 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Mar 2022 → Mar 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

The Pandora ransomware group emerged in March 2022 as a financially motivated cybercriminal organization that has claimed responsibility for at least five documented victims. Due to the group's relatively recent emergence and limited public documentation, details about their country of origin and operational structure remain largely unknown to security researchers. The group appears to follow conventional ransomware attack patterns, though specific details about their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and whether they employ double extortion tactics have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports from major security firms. Given their small victim count and limited public exposure compared to major ransomware operations, Pandora has not been associated with any particularly high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement actions. The current operational status of the Pandora group remains unclear, as limited public reporting makes it difficult to determine whether they continue to be active or have ceased operations.

References

12 links

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2022-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 5
2022-03-01T00:00:00+00:002022-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 4 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionDefense EvasionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1055Process Injection
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

2 known
  • http://pandoraxyz.xyz
  • http://vbfqeh5nugm6r2u2qvghsdxm3fotf5wbxb5ltv6vw77vus5frdpuaiid.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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