Disclosure context

About Freecivilian

Freecivilian is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in December 2022 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted at least 14 documented victims. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely unknown, with limited public documentation from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their operational structure or whether they operate as an independent entity or through a ransomware-as-a-service model. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in publicly available threat intelligence reports, though their targeting pattern shows a notable focus on healthcare sector organizations. Given the limited public reporting on this group from established sources like CISA, FBI, or major cybersecurity research firms, specific details about notable campaigns, record ransom demands, or high-profile incidents remain undocumented in mainstream threat intelligence channels. The current operational status of Freecivilian is unclear due to the sparse public information available about this relatively low-profile ransomware operation. The group has been linked to 14 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 31, 2022. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 31, 2022motorsich.com listed by Freecivilianon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, motorsich.com is reported in Ukraine.

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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Motor Sich

listed as motorsich.com · Claimed by Freecivilian · listed 3 years ago

41m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 31, 2022
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Freecivilian
Status: Data leaked
Country: Ukraine
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Dec 31, 2022

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Motor Sich (Мотор Січ) is a major Ukrainian aerospace and industrial engine manufacturer headquartered in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. The company designs, produces, and services a wide range of aircraft engines including turboprop, turbofan, turboshaft, and auxiliary power units, as well as industrial gas turbine installations. It is one of the world's largest manufacturers of aircraft engines and employs tens of thousands of workers.

Industry: Aviation & Industrial Engine Manufacturing
Address: Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Employees: 10000+
Founded: 1907

Attack summary

Severity: high — Motor Sich is a strategically critical Ukrainian defence-adjacent aerospace manufacturer producing military and civilian aircraft engines; data publication by a threat actor against such a target carries significant national-security and operational implications even without granular data details confirmed in this post.

The Freecivilian ransomware group claims to have attacked Motor Sich and has published data (disclosed status: data_published); however, no leak post text was captured and no specific details on encryption, exfiltration methods, or data volumes are available from the provided input.

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Sources

Victim sitemotorsich.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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