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

November 17, 2023Admilla ELAP listed by Ransomexxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,524 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Admilla ELAP is reported in France, a country with 472 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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ELAP (formerly Admilia)

listed as Admilla ELAP · Claimed by Ransomexx · listed 3 years ago

30m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Nov 17, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Ransomexx
Status: Data leaked
Country: France
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Nov 17, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

ELAP, formerly known as Admilia, is a French technology company specialising in the implementation and support of budget and accounting solutions for its clients. The company serves a broad customer base, including large organisations, and provides financial software expertise. Its operations appear to be based in France.

Industry: Budget & Accounting Software Solutions

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The group claims confirmed exfiltration and publication of regulated data including personal data (PII) and financial documents belonging to large clients, constituting a critical data breach affecting third-party customers at scale.

RansomExx claims to have exfiltrated data belonging to ELAP and its customers, including financial documents, contracts, and personal data; the group has published the data as the disclosed status indicates data_published.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Financial documents
Contracts
Personal data
Confidential customer data

What the group claims

Elap (formerly Admilia) offers its expertise and support throughout the implementation of your budget and accounting solution. Huge clients, financial documents, contracts, personal data and a lot of confidential things belongs to their customers. If you wanna be one someday your data will be here.

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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