Was sadr.ws hit by ransomware?

sadr.ws was listed by the dragonransomware ransomware operation (Saudi Arabia), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the dragonransomware ransomware group?

dragonransomware is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the sadr.ws breach?

dragonransomware published data attributed to sadr.ws. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

listed as sadr.ws · Claimed by Dragonransomware · listed 2 years ago

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Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedDec 15, 2024
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Dragonransomware
Status: Data leaked
Country: Saudi Arabia
Sector: Transportation/Logistics
Listed on leak site: Dec 15, 2024

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

sadr.ws is the official website of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), a contested state in Western Sahara. The site hosts content from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including diplomatic relations, international organization participation (UN, AU, ICC), news, and official statements. The SADR is recognized by the African Union and maintains diplomatic missions globally.

Industry: Government – Foreign Affairs & Diplomatic Services
Founded: 1976

Attack summary

Severity: medium — The target is a government entity (SADR Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and the breach involves a sensitive geopolitical actor; however, no concrete proof of data exfiltration, encryption, or operational disruption is provided. The post appears primarily political rather than a standard ransomware demand, and no specific data inventory or proof files are advertised.

The Dragon ransomware group claims to have accessed sadr.ws and possesses information about Polisario Front and the Western Sahara conflict. The group's post is vague and political in nature, emphasizing they seek 'true history' rather than demanding ransom. No specific data exfiltration or encryption claims are made.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

diplomatic communications
government records
ministry documents

What the group claims

📌 We, the dragons, assure our forces that we will not penetrate anything. We have important information about the Sahrawi mercenaries (Polizario) and things that have never been revealed regarding the Moroccan Sahara. We are not with this party or that, but we are with the right and the real, unfalsified history. [+] https://sadr.ws My greetings, the dragons 🤟

Sources

Victim sitesadr.ws
Leak posthttps://t.me/DragonRansom/373

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About dragonransomware

DragonRansomware is a relatively new ransomware operation that emerged in December 2024, appearing to be financially motivated based on its targeting patterns and operational characteristics. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to its recent emergence, though its global targeting scope suggests either international operations or ransomware-as-a-service capabilities. With 39 documented victims across multiple continents, the group demonstrates a broad attack methodology that has successfully compromised organizations in India, the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and China, with particular focus on technology companies, business services, transportation and logistics firms, and educational institutions. The group's attack vectors, encryption methods, and specific tools remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting from major security firms and government agencies. Given the limited timeframe since its first observation in December 2024, notable high-profile campaigns and major incidents have not yet been extensively documented by established threat intelligence sources such as CISA, FBI, or leading cybersecurity research organizations. DragonRansomware appears to remain active as of early 2025, though comprehensive analysis of its operational capabilities and long-term threat potential requires additional observation and documentation by the cybersecurity community. The group has been linked to 39 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 15, 2024; most recent post December 17, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 15, 2024sadr.ws listed by dragonransomwareon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by dragonransomware

dragonransomware has been linked to 39 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation/Logistics sector, which has 1,081 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, sadr.ws is reported in Saudi Arabia, a country with 44 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by dragonransomware means sadr.ws appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Monitor for the data appearing on dragonransomware's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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.