Operator dossier

Sparta is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 16 public victims claimed by this operator between September 13, 2022 and September 22, 2022. Sparta is a ransomware group that emerged in September 2022 with an apparent financial motivation, having targeted at least 16 known victims since their initial observation. The group's country of origin and potential affiliations with other ransomware operations remain unclear based on publicly available threat intelligence reporting. Due to the limited public documentation from major cybersecurity firms and government agencies, specific details about Sparta's attack methodology, including their preferred initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics, have not been extensively reported in open-source intelligence. Similarly, no major high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement actions targeting this group have been publicly documented by CISA, FBI, or established security research organizations. Given the relatively small victim count and limited public visibility compared to more prominent ransomware groups, Sparta's current operational status and activities remain largely undocumented in mainstream threat intelligence reporting.

Recent disclosures by Sparta

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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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Sparta

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

Victims indexed

#177 of 370 tracked operators

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Active period

Sep 2022 → Sep 2022

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Countries hit

At a glance

Status: inactive
First seen: 4 years ago
Last activity: 4 years ago
Onion sites: 2 known endpoints

About

Sparta is a ransomware group that emerged in September 2022 with an apparent financial motivation, having targeted at least 16 known victims since their initial observation. The group's country of origin and potential affiliations with other ransomware operations remain unclear based on publicly available threat intelligence reporting. Due to the limited public documentation from major cybersecurity firms and government agencies, specific details about Sparta's attack methodology, including their preferred initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics, have not been extensively reported in open-source intelligence. Similarly, no major high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement actions targeting this group have been publicly documented by CISA, FBI, or established security research organizations. Given the relatively small victim count and limited public visibility compared to more prominent ransomware groups, Sparta's current operational status and activities remain largely undocumented in mainstream threat intelligence reporting.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

ransomlook.io/group/sparta

Timeline

1 months

2022-09-01T00:00:00+00:002022-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 4 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionDefense EvasionImpact

Techniques

T1566Phishing
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

2 known

http://zj2ex44e2b2xi43m2txk4uwi3l55aglsarre7repw7rkfwpj54j46iqd.onion
http://zj2ex44e2b2xi43m2txk4uwi3l55aglsarre7repw7rkfwpj54j46iqd.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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