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Shaoleaks is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 4 public victims claimed by this operator between November 1, 2022. Shaoleaks is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, appearing to be financially motivated based on their operational patterns. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public reporting from major cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agencies. Available intelligence suggests the group employs standard ransomware deployment tactics, though specific details about their initial access vectors, encryption methods, or use of double extortion techniques have not been publicly documented by authoritative sources. The group has demonstrated a focused targeting approach, with documented attacks against media sector organizations, though the scale of their operations appears limited with only four known victims reported in open sources. Current intelligence indicates minimal ongoing activity from this group, with no recent high-profile incidents or law enforcement actions publicly reported, suggesting either dormancy, dissolution, or operations below the threshold of major security research attention.

Most-targeted sectors

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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Shaoleaks

4 victims indexed · first seen 4 years ago · last activity 4 years ago

4
Victims indexed
#267 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Nov 2022 → Nov 2022
Countries hit

At a glance

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

About

Shaoleaks is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, appearing to be financially motivated based on their operational patterns. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public reporting from major cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agencies. Available intelligence suggests the group employs standard ransomware deployment tactics, though specific details about their initial access vectors, encryption methods, or use of double extortion techniques have not been publicly documented by authoritative sources. The group has demonstrated a focused targeting approach, with documented attacks against media sector organizations, though the scale of their operations appears limited with only four known victims reported in open sources. Current intelligence indicates minimal ongoing activity from this group, with no recent high-profile incidents or law enforcement actions publicly reported, suggesting either dormancy, dissolution, or operations below the threshold of major security research attention.

Timeline

1 months
2022-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 4
2022-11-01T00:00:00+00:002022-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top sectors

Media
1

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 3 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
  • T1204User Execution
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

1 known
  • http://crptd5sv5bdz6hovrbkac6mnp3rt7zij62njsqwh5a6ldd3asxdd22qd.onion

Source

Updated 4 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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