Operator dossier

ransomed is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 68 public victims claimed by this operator between August 21, 2023 and October 30, 2023. The ransomed ransomware group is a relatively new cybercriminal organization that emerged in August 2023, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple countries. Based on their targeting patterns across Japan, Brazil, Russia, Great Britain, and Bulgaria, the group appears to operate internationally without clear geographic limitations, though their country of origin and potential affiliations with other ransomware groups remain undetermined due to limited public intelligence reporting. Given the recent emergence of this group and lack of detailed technical analysis from major security firms, their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively documented in publicly available threat intelligence reports from CISA, FBI, or established security researchers. The group has claimed approximately 68 victims across their identified target countries since becoming active, though no specific high-profile campaigns or notable ransom demands have been publicly reported by law enforcement or security organizations. As of current reporting, the group appears to remain active with continued victim claims, though the limited public documentation suggests they operate as a lower-profile ransomware operation compared to more established and widely-tracked ransomware families.

Most-affected countries

Japan3 victims
Brazil3 victims
Russia1 victims
United Kingdom1 victims
Bulgaria1 victims
Australia1 victims

Recent disclosures by ransomed

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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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ransomed

68 victims indexed · first seen 3 years ago · last activity 3 years ago

Victims indexed

#95 of 364 tracked operators

Active period

Aug 2023 → Oct 2023

Countries hit

top JP · 3

At a glance

Status: inactive
First seen: 3 years ago
Last activity: 3 years ago
Onion sites: 1 known endpoint

About

The ransomed ransomware group is a relatively new cybercriminal organization that emerged in August 2023, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple countries. Based on their targeting patterns across Japan, Brazil, Russia, Great Britain, and Bulgaria, the group appears to operate internationally without clear geographic limitations, though their country of origin and potential affiliations with other ransomware groups remain undetermined due to limited public intelligence reporting. Given the recent emergence of this group and lack of detailed technical analysis from major security firms, their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively documented in publicly available threat intelligence reports from CISA, FBI, or established security researchers. The group has claimed approximately 68 victims across their identified target countries since becoming active, though no specific high-profile campaigns or notable ransom demands have been publicly reported by law enforcement or security organizations. As of current reporting, the group appears to remain active with continued victim claims, though the limited public documentation suggests they operate as a lower-profile ransomware operation compared to more established and widely-tracked ransomware families.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

ransomlook.io/group/ransomed

Timeline

3 months

2023-08-01T00:00:00+00:002023-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇯🇵 Japan

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇷🇺 Russia

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

🇦🇺 Australia

🇺🇸 United States

Japan dossier →Brazil dossier →Russia dossier →United Kingdom dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 3 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionImpact

Techniques

T1566Phishing
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

1 known

http://f6amq3izzsgtna4vw24rpyhy3ofwazlgex2zqdssavevvkklmtudxjad.onion

Source

Updated 3 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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