Ransomware victim disclosure

Statistics South Africa

Claimed by kazu · listed 5 days ago

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

Listed
May 27, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: kazu
Status: Listed for ransom
Country: South Africa
Sector: Government
Listed on leak site: May 27, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is the official national statistical authority of South Africa, responsible for collecting, analyzing, and publishing national statistics and census data. It operates under the Department of Home Affairs and is the primary source for official demographic, economic, and social statistics.

Industry: Government Statistics & Data Authority
Address: Pretoria, South Africa
Founded: 1997

Attack summary

Severity: high — Government statistics authority holds sensitive national demographic and economic data at scale; potential exposure could affect national security, privacy of citizens, and government operations. Critical infrastructure for policy-making.

The kazu group claims to have breached Statistics South Africa and lists it among multiple victims. The post provides no details on the scope, methods, or data exfiltrated.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

National statistical records
Census data
Economic statistics
Demographic information

What the group claims

Official National Data and Insights Portal

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Statistics South Africa – Official National Data and Insights Portal

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Statistics South Africa

Sources

Leak posthttp://6czlbd2jfiy6765fbnbnzuwuqocg57ebvp3tbm35kib425k4qnmiiiqd.onion

Source

Indexed 5 days ago

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Disclosure context

About kazu

The Kazu ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in November 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns across multiple sectors and geographic regions. Given their recent emergence and limited public documentation, details about their country of origin and potential affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting of diverse international victims suggests either a ransomware-as-a-service model or an independent operation with broad reach capabilities. With only nine documented victims to date, specific details about Kazu's attack methodology, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their targeting spans healthcare, public sector, financial services, and technology organizations across the United States, Colombia, South Africa, Nigeria, and Great Britain. The group's recent emergence means there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents documented by established security research organizations like Mandiant, CISA, or the FBI. As of the latest available intelligence, Kazu appears to remain active given their very recent first observation date, though their limited victim count and recent emergence make definitive assessments of their operational status preliminary. The group has been linked to 14 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 11, 2025; most recent post May 27, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 27, 2026Statistics South Africa listed by kazuon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Government sector, which has 509 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Statistics South Africa is reported in South Africa, a country with 11 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.