Disclosure context

About Doppelpaymer

DoppelPaymer is a sophisticated ransomware operation that emerged in May 2019, operating as a financially motivated cybercriminal enterprise focused on high-value targets across multiple sectors. The group is believed to have connections to Russia and operates independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model, though they have been linked to the earlier Dridex banking trojan operations and may share infrastructure or personnel with the Evil Corp cybercriminal organization. DoppelPaymer operators primarily gain initial access through phishing campaigns, exploitation of Remote Desktop Protocol vulnerabilities, and leveraging existing Dridex infections, utilizing tools such as Cobalt Strike, PowerShell Empire, and various living-off-the-land techniques before deploying their custom ransomware that employs RSA-2048 and AES-256 encryption algorithms. The group pioneered double extortion tactics by operating a leak site called "Dopple Leaks" where they publish stolen data from victims who refuse to pay ransoms, systematically exfiltrating sensitive information before encryption deployment. Notable campaigns include attacks on major healthcare systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, critical infrastructure targets, and educational institutions, with the group demanding ransoms typically ranging from hundreds of thousands to several million dollars, leading to FBI alerts and international law enforcement attention. As of recent observations, DoppelPaymer activity has significantly decreased since late 2021, with many researchers believing the group has either ceased operations or rebranded under a different identity following increased law enforcement pressure. The group has been linked to 25 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 25, 2019; most recent post April 10, 2021. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: Pay OR Grief, BitPaymer, IEncrypt, FriedEx.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 1, 2020Bretagne Telecom listed by Doppelpaymeron the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Communication sector, which has 24 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Bretagne Telecom 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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Bretagne Telecom

Claimed by Doppelpaymer · listed 6 years ago

77m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jan 1, 2020
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Doppelpaymer
Status: Data leaked
Country: France
Sector: Communication
Listed on leak site: Jan 1, 2020

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Bretagne Telecom is a French telecommunications company operating under the domain bretagnetelecom.fr, likely providing telecom services in the Brittany (Bretagne) region of France. Based on its name and sector classification, it is a regional telecom provider. No further details on scale or specific services could be verified from available sources.

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Attack summary

Severity: high — The disclosed status is data_published, confirming exfiltration and public release of company data by DoppelPaymer, a well-known ransomware group. Telecommunications companies typically hold significant volumes of customer PII, communications records, and business data, elevating the severity; however, without confirmed specifics on regulated or sensitive data at scale, critical is not warranted.

DoppelPaymer has claimed an attack on Bretagne Telecom with a disclosed status of data_published, indicating that data was exfiltrated and subsequently published. No specific details regarding encryption, data volume, or the nature of the published data were captured in the leak post.

high

Sources

Victim sitebretagnetelecom.fr

Source

Indexed 6 years ago

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