Disclosure context

About blackshrantac

Based on available intelligence, blackshrantac is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in September 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a geographically diverse targeting approach across multiple continents. The group has victimized 43 known entities primarily across India, the United States, Turkey, Peru, and Australia, suggesting either a broad opportunistic targeting strategy or access to varied initial compromise vectors that span different regions. Their sector targeting shows a preference for manufacturing, technology, financial services, and public sector organizations, though a significant portion of their attacks have occurred against entities in unspecified sectors, indicating either incomplete intelligence gathering or deliberate obfuscation of their targeting patterns. Due to the group's recent emergence and relatively limited public exposure, detailed information about their specific attack methodologies, tooling, encryption techniques, data exfiltration practices, or operational structure remains largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations and law enforcement agencies. The group's current operational status appears to be active given their recent first observation date, though the limited intelligence available suggests they may be either a smaller operation or have successfully maintained a lower profile compared to more established ransomware groups. The group has been linked to 43 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 17, 2025; most recent post January 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 17, 2025SK shieldus listed by blackshrantacon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, SK shieldus is reported in South Korea, a country with 32 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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SK shieldus

Claimed by blackshrantac · listed 7 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Oct 17, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: blackshrantac
Status: Data leaked
Country: South Korea
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Oct 17, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

SK Shieldus is a South Korean security company formed from the merger of ADT Caps and SK Infosec, operating under the SK Group conglomerate. The company provides a broad range of security services including physical security, cybersecurity, and convergence security solutions for corporate and individual clients across South Korea. It is one of the largest integrated security service providers in the country.

Industry: Cybersecurity & Physical Security Services
Employees: 1001-5000
Founded: 2022

Attack summary

Severity: high — SK Shieldus is a major cybersecurity and physical security provider; exfiltration and publication of their internal data could expose sensitive client security assessments, vulnerability reports, and proprietary security intelligence, posing significant risk to both the company and its clients. The 'data_published' status indicates actual release rather than mere listing.

The group 'blackshrantac' claims to have published data belonging to SK Shieldus, with the disclosure status marked as data_published, though no specific data volume or ransom demand has been stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Internal business documents
Security assessment reports
Client data
Employee information

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

"SK shieldus" is a technology company focused on mobile and web application security. They specialize in providing comprehensive security solutions by using Artificial Intelligence algorithms to identify and prevent potential threats. Their services include penetration testing, code review, and vulnerability assessments to help businesses secure their digital assets effectively. They also offer consulting services to help organizations establish and enforce robust security policies.

Sources

Victim siteskshieldus.com
Leak posthttp://jvkpexgkuaw5toiph7fbgucycvnafaqmfvakymfh5pdxepvahw3xryqd.onion/targets/4

Source

Indexed 7 months ago

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