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Redact is a ransomware operator currently active on public leak sites. Darkfield has indexed 3 public victims claimed by this operator between June 28, 2026 and October 1, 2026. Redact is a ransomware group first observed in June 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, having been linked to a limited number of confirmed victims to date. Given the group's recent emergence and low victim count of two confirmed cases, detailed public attribution and technical documentation from CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or equivalent authoritative sources remains limited at this time. Targeting patterns indicate a focus on United States-based organizations, with activity concentrated in the Healthcare and Financial Services sectors — industries frequently targeted due to their sensitivity to operational disruption and the high value of the data they hold. No further details regarding country of origin, affiliation, RaaS infrastructure, specific tooling, encryption methodology, or extortion tactics have been publicly documented by reputable threat intelligence sources as of the time of this writing. Due to the group's nascent operational history and the absence of verified public reporting, a complete technical profile cannot be responsibly constructed; analysts should treat this group as an emerging threat requiring continued monitoring, with the available indicators suggesting deliberate sector targeting consistent with financially motivated ransomware actors. Current status is unconfirmed beyond initial observed activity beginning in June 2026.

Most-targeted sectors

Most-affected countries

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 changes from active to dormant when no new disclosure appears for 60 days. Without a disclosure date, activity is unknown. 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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Redact

3 victims indexed · first seen 3 months ago · last activity 1 day ago

3
Victims indexed
#313 of 405 tracked operators
4m
Active period
Jun 2026 → Oct 2026
1
Countries hit
top US · 2

At a glance

Status
active
First seen
3 months ago
Last activity
1 day ago
Onion sites
1 known endpoint
Primary sector
Healthcare · 1 hits

About

Redact is a ransomware group first observed in June 2026 with an apparent financial motivation, having been linked to a limited number of confirmed victims to date. Given the group's recent emergence and low victim count of two confirmed cases, detailed public attribution and technical documentation from CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or equivalent authoritative sources remains limited at this time. Targeting patterns indicate a focus on United States-based organizations, with activity concentrated in the Healthcare and Financial Services sectors — industries frequently targeted due to their sensitivity to operational disruption and the high value of the data they hold. No further details regarding country of origin, affiliation, RaaS infrastructure, specific tooling, encryption methodology, or extortion tactics have been publicly documented by reputable threat intelligence sources as of the time of this writing. Due to the group's nascent operational history and the absence of verified public reporting, a complete technical profile cannot be responsibly constructed; analysts should treat this group as an emerging threat requiring continued monitoring, with the available indicators suggesting deliberate sector targeting consistent with financially motivated ransomware actors. Current status is unconfirmed beyond initial observed activity beginning in June 2026.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2026-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 2
2026-06-01T00:00:00+00:002026-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
2

Top sectors

Healthcare
1
Financial Services
1

MITRE ATT&CK

1 techniques · 1 tactics

Tactics

Impact

Techniques

  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

1 known
  • http://neclc36yt4yaa5lv54kh4qbhvjcvuv6nnaurqowkellytpvj3afh4aid.onion

Source

Updated 1 day 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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