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playboy is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 1 public victims claimed by this operator between October 28, 2024. The Playboy ransomware group is a recently emerged threat actor first observed in October 2024, appearing to be financially motivated based on their ransomware operations. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely unknown due to their recent emergence and limited observed activity, with no public documentation from major security agencies regarding their operational model or potential state sponsorship. Given the extremely limited intelligence available, the group's attack methodology, tools, and tactics have not been comprehensively documented by reputable security researchers, though their targeting of German government infrastructure suggests they possess capabilities to breach public sector networks. The group's most notable activity to date includes an attack against a German government entity, representing their only publicly documented victim. Current intelligence suggests the group remains active, though their limited operational footprint makes it difficult to assess their long-term viability or potential for expansion.

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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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playboy

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

1
Victims indexed
#318 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Oct 2024 → Oct 2024
1
Countries hit
top DE · 1

At a glance

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

About

The Playboy ransomware group is a recently emerged threat actor first observed in October 2024, appearing to be financially motivated based on their ransomware operations. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely unknown due to their recent emergence and limited observed activity, with no public documentation from major security agencies regarding their operational model or potential state sponsorship. Given the extremely limited intelligence available, the group's attack methodology, tools, and tactics have not been comprehensively documented by reputable security researchers, though their targeting of German government infrastructure suggests they possess capabilities to breach public sector networks. The group's most notable activity to date includes an attack against a German government entity, representing their only publicly documented victim. Current intelligence suggests the group remains active, though their limited operational footprint makes it difficult to assess their long-term viability or potential for expansion.

References

1 link

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Timeline

1 months
2024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 1
2024-10-01T00:00:00+00:002024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇩🇪 Germany
1

Top sectors

Government
1

MITRE ATT&CK

26 techniques · 14 tactics

Tactics

CollectionCommand And ControlCredential AccessDefense ImpairmentDiscoveryExecutionExfiltrationImpactInitial AccessLateral MovementPersistencePrivilege EscalationResource DevelopmentStealth

Techniques

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Onion infrastructure

1 known
  • http://vlofmq2u3f5amxmnblvxaghy73aedwta74fyceywr6eeguw3cn6h6uad.onion

Source

Updated 2 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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