Disclosure context

About Arvinclub

Arvinclub is a relatively obscure ransomware operation that emerged in September 2021, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, with limited information available from major security vendors or law enforcement agencies regarding their operational structure or whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on available attack data, Arvinclub has demonstrated a diverse geographical targeting approach, with documented victims spanning Colombia, Iran, the United Kingdom, India, and Russia, suggesting either opportunistic targeting or the use of automated attack vectors rather than region-specific campaigns. The group has shown a preference for targeting manufacturing organizations, food and agriculture companies, financial institutions, and educational entities, accumulating approximately 35 known victims since their emergence. Their specific attack methodologies, including initial access vectors, encryption techniques, and data exfiltration practices, have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports from major security firms. No significant high-profile campaigns, major law enforcement disruptions, or notable ransomware demands have been publicly attributed to this group by CISA, FBI, or established security research organizations. The current operational status of Arvinclub remains unclear due to limited public reporting and threat intelligence coverage of this particular ransomware variant. The group has been linked to 35 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2021; most recent post November 6, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: Arvin Club.

Timeline of this disclosure

November 28, 2021afcx.co listed by Arvinclubon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Financial Services sector, which has 516 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, afcx.co is reported in Colombia, a country with 14 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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AFCX

listed as afcx.co · Claimed by Arvinclub · listed 4 years ago

54m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Nov 28, 2021
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Arvinclub
Status: Data leaked
Country: Colombia
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: Nov 28, 2021

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

AFCX (afcx.co) is a financial services company based in Colombia. Beyond its domain and sector classification, no further details about its operations, scale, or specific financial services offered are available from the provided sources.

Industry: Financial Services

Attack summary

Severity: high — The victim operates in financial services, a regulated sector where data breaches typically involve sensitive financial and personal data. The 'data_published' status indicates data has been disclosed, elevating severity beyond medium despite the absence of specific data inventory details.

The Arvinclub ransomware group claims an attack on AFCX with data published status, indicating exfiltration or disclosure of data has occurred; however, no specific details about the nature of the attack, data types, or volume are available from the captured leak post.

high

Sources

Victim siteafcx.co

Source

Indexed 4 years ago

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