Disclosure context

About Ransomexx

RansomEXX is a financially motivated ransomware operation that emerged in May 2020, targeting organizations across multiple sectors with a focus on extracting ransom payments through encryption and data theft tactics. The group is believed to operate independently rather than as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model, with suspected ties to Russian-speaking cybercriminals based on code analysis and operational patterns observed by security researchers. RansomEXX operators typically gain initial access through exploiting public-facing applications, particularly targeting vulnerable VPN appliances and remote desktop services, before deploying their custom ransomware payload which uses strong encryption algorithms and is often preceded by data exfiltration to enable double extortion schemes where stolen data is threatened to be publicly released if ransom demands are not met. The group has been responsible for several high-profile attacks including incidents against government entities and major corporations, with documented cases involving ransoms in the millions of dollars, though specific victim details are often kept confidential by affected organizations. Based on recent threat intelligence reporting, RansomEXX continues to maintain active operations as of 2024, with ongoing campaigns targeting the technology and healthcare sectors primarily in the United States and Europe. The group has been linked to 85 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 14, 2020; most recent post April 17, 2026. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: Ransom X, Defray777, Defray-777, Defray 2018.

Timeline of this disclosure

July 1, 2023DVA - DVision Architecture listed by Ransomexxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Construction sector, which has 415 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, DVA - DVision Architecture is reported in Italy, a country with 496 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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DVA - DVision Architecture

Claimed by Ransomexx · listed 3 years ago

35m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jul 1, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Ransomexx
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Construction
Listed on leak site: Jul 1, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

DVA - DVision Architecture is an Italian architecture and construction firm. The company's work spans from project digitisation and concept development through to construction site logistics and the realisation of building prototypes. Its approach is centred on the integration of digitalisation and sustainability across all projects it undertakes.

Industry: Architecture & Construction Design

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published by the group, indicating successful exfiltration of business-sensitive materials including proprietary architectural and construction project data. While no regulated personal data at scale is explicitly confirmed, the published status elevates this beyond medium severity.

RansomExx claims to have compromised DVA - DVision Architecture and has published data ('data_published' status), indicating exfiltration of company files. No specific ransom amount or data volume was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Project design files
Construction site logistics documentation
Digital project archives
Internal company documents

What the group claims

Dalla digitalizzazione del progetto alla realizzazione di prototipi costruttivi: l’attività di DVA spazia dal concept di un intervento, all’organizzazione logistica di cantiere. Un approccio declinato secondo il connubio tra digitalizzazione e sostenibilità, orientamento cardine di tutte le scelte della società e rintracciabile in ognuna delle commesse prese in carico.

Sources

Leak posthttp://rnsm777cdsjrsdlbs4v5qoeppu3px6sb2igmh53jzrx7ipcrbjz5b2ad.onion/63c4335366d0aeb974587065e03783c58d605790/

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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