Megacode is an obscure ransomware group that first emerged in March 2015 with apparent financial motivations, though limited public documentation exists about their operations. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely unknown, with no confirmed country of origin or clear operational model documented by major security firms or law enforcement agencies. Their attack methodology and technical capabilities are not well-documented in public threat intelligence reports, with no specific details available regarding their initial access vectors, encryption methods, or whether they employ data exfiltration tactics. The group has maintained a notably low profile with only one documented victim according to available records, specifically targeting government facilities within the United States. Given the extremely limited public information and minimal victim count documented by security researchers and government agencies, Megacode's current operational status remains unclear, though the lack of recent reporting suggests either very limited activity or dormancy. The group has been linked to 1 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 20, 2015. The operation is currently inactive.
Sector and geography
This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Government Facilities sector, which has 84 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Lincoln County Sheriff's Department is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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.
