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ValenciaLeaks (also tracked as valencia leaks) is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 5 public victims claimed by this operator between September 10, 2024 and September 18, 2024. ValenciaLeaks is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in September 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and targeting a diverse range of sectors across multiple countries. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented by major cybersecurity organizations, though their targeting pattern suggests a geographically diverse operational scope spanning the United States, Malaysia, Luxembourg, Bangladesh, and Spain. Based on limited available intelligence, ValenciaLeaks appears to focus on opportunistic targeting across business services, healthcare, manufacturing, and government sectors, with at least five confirmed victims documented since their emergence. The group's specific attack methodologies, including initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and whether they employ data exfiltration tactics prior to encryption, have not been comprehensively analyzed or reported by established threat intelligence sources such as CISA, FBI, or major security research organizations. No major high-profile campaigns, significant ransom demands, or law enforcement disruption activities have been publicly documented regarding this group. The current operational status of ValenciaLeaks remains unclear due to the limited public intelligence available, though their recent emergence suggests they may still be in early operational phases.

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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 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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ValenciaLeaks

aka valencia leaks · 5 victims indexed · first seen 2 years ago · last activity 2 years ago

5
Victims indexed
#252 of 364 tracked operators
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Active period
Sep 2024 → Sep 2024
5
Countries hit
top US · 1

At a glance

Status
inactive
Aliases
valencia leaks
First seen
2 years ago
Last activity
2 years ago
Primary sector
Business Services · 2 hits

About

ValenciaLeaks is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in September 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and targeting a diverse range of sectors across multiple countries. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented by major cybersecurity organizations, though their targeting pattern suggests a geographically diverse operational scope spanning the United States, Malaysia, Luxembourg, Bangladesh, and Spain. Based on limited available intelligence, ValenciaLeaks appears to focus on opportunistic targeting across business services, healthcare, manufacturing, and government sectors, with at least five confirmed victims documented since their emergence. The group's specific attack methodologies, including initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and whether they employ data exfiltration tactics prior to encryption, have not been comprehensively analyzed or reported by established threat intelligence sources such as CISA, FBI, or major security research organizations. No major high-profile campaigns, significant ransom demands, or law enforcement disruption activities have been publicly documented regarding this group. The current operational status of ValenciaLeaks remains unclear due to the limited public intelligence available, though their recent emergence suggests they may still be in early operational phases.

References

1 link

External sources curated by the MISP threat-intel community.

Timeline

1 months
2024-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 5
2024-09-01T00:00:00+00:002024-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States
1
🇲🇾 Malaysia
1
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
1
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
1
🇪🇸 Spain
1

Top sectors

Business Services
2
Healthcare
1
Manufacturing
1
Government
1

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 2 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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