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robbinhood is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 2 public victims claimed by this operator between April 10, 2019 and May 7, 2019. RobinHood is a ransomware group that emerged in April 2019, primarily motivated by financial gain through targeted attacks against government and municipal organizations. The group's origin remains unclear, though they appear to operate independently rather than as a ransomware-as-a-service model, with no confirmed state sponsorship or clear geographical attribution. RobinHood's attack methodology involves deploying ransomware that encrypts victim files and demands payment for decryption keys, though specific details about their initial access vectors and technical tools are limited in publicly available documentation. The group gained attention for targeting government facilities, with their attacks causing significant disruption to municipal services, though the small number of documented victims suggests either selective targeting or limited operational scope. Current intelligence indicates minimal recent activity from this group, suggesting they may have ceased operations, rebranded, or been absorbed into other ransomware operations, though definitive confirmation of their current status is not available in public threat intelligence reporting.

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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.

Inactive ransomware operator

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robbinhood

2 victims indexed · first seen 7 years ago · last activity 7 years ago

2
Victims indexed
#300 of 364 tracked operators
1m
Active period
Apr 2019 → May 2019
1
Countries hit
top US · 2

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
7 years ago
Last activity
7 years ago
Primary sector
Government Facilities · 2 hits

About

RobinHood is a ransomware group that emerged in April 2019, primarily motivated by financial gain through targeted attacks against government and municipal organizations. The group's origin remains unclear, though they appear to operate independently rather than as a ransomware-as-a-service model, with no confirmed state sponsorship or clear geographical attribution. RobinHood's attack methodology involves deploying ransomware that encrypts victim files and demands payment for decryption keys, though specific details about their initial access vectors and technical tools are limited in publicly available documentation. The group gained attention for targeting government facilities, with their attacks causing significant disruption to municipal services, though the small number of documented victims suggests either selective targeting or limited operational scope. Current intelligence indicates minimal recent activity from this group, suggesting they may have ceased operations, rebranded, or been absorbed into other ransomware operations, though definitive confirmation of their current status is not available in public threat intelligence reporting.

Timeline

2 months
2019-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 12019-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 1
2019-04-01T00:00:00+00:002019-05-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
2

Top sectors

Government Facilities
2

MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques · 3 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionImpact

Techniques

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

Recent victims

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Source

Updated 7 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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