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pewcrypt is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 1 public victims claimed by this operator between November 1, 2018. Pewcrypt is an obscure ransomware group that first emerged in November 2018, appearing to be financially motivated based on typical ransomware operations. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely unknown due to limited public documentation and intelligence reporting from major security firms and law enforcement agencies. With only one documented victim since their emergence, pewcrypt appears to operate with very limited scope and capability, primarily targeting government facilities within the United States, though their specific attack methodology, tools, and encryption techniques have not been publicly documented by reputable security researchers or agencies such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant. No notable high-profile campaigns, significant ransom demands, or law enforcement actions have been publicly reported against this group. The current operational status of pewcrypt remains unclear, though their extremely limited victim count and lack of recent public reporting suggests they may have ceased operations, dissolved, or remain dormant with minimal impact on the threat landscape.

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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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pewcrypt

1 victims indexed · first seen 8 years ago · last activity 8 years ago

1
Victims indexed
#318 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Nov 2018 → Nov 2018
1
Countries hit
top US · 1

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
8 years ago
Last activity
8 years ago
Primary sector
Government Facilities · 1 hits

About

Pewcrypt is an obscure ransomware group that first emerged in November 2018, appearing to be financially motivated based on typical ransomware operations. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely unknown due to limited public documentation and intelligence reporting from major security firms and law enforcement agencies. With only one documented victim since their emergence, pewcrypt appears to operate with very limited scope and capability, primarily targeting government facilities within the United States, though their specific attack methodology, tools, and encryption techniques have not been publicly documented by reputable security researchers or agencies such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant. No notable high-profile campaigns, significant ransom demands, or law enforcement actions have been publicly reported against this group. The current operational status of pewcrypt remains unclear, though their extremely limited victim count and lack of recent public reporting suggests they may have ceased operations, dissolved, or remain dormant with minimal impact on the threat landscape.

Timeline

1 months
2018-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 1
2018-11-01T00:00:00+00:002018-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
1

Top sectors

Government Facilities
1

MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques · 3 tactics

Tactics

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Source

Updated 8 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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