Disclosure context

About Medusa

Medusa, also known as MedusaLocker, is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022 and has since compromised 568 known victims across multiple countries. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear from publicly available intelligence, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a documented Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Medusa primarily targets organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Australia, with a focus on business services, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology sectors, employing typical ransomware tactics including data encryption and likely exfiltration for double extortion purposes, though specific technical methodologies and initial access vectors have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports. While the group has maintained a relatively high victim count since its emergence, detailed information about specific notable campaigns, high-profile victims, or major ransom demands has not been widely reported by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. As of current intelligence assessments, Medusa appears to remain active in the threat landscape, continuing to target organizations across their established geographic and sectoral preferences. The group has been linked to 568 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 15, 2022; most recent post February 14, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: MedusaLocker.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 14, 2026Comune di Battipaglia listed by Medusaon the group's public leak site

Records: 30 Employees

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Public Sector sector, which has 259 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Comune di Battipaglia is reported in Italy, a country with 496 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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Comune di Battipaglia

Claimed by Medusa · listed 3 months ago

30 Employees

Records

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 14, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Medusa
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Public Sector
Listed on leak site: Feb 14, 2026
Records: 30 Employees

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Comune di Battipaglia is the municipal government of Battipaglia, a city in the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It is responsible for local public administration, civil services, and urban management for a population of approximately 50,000 residents. As a public sector entity, it handles citizen records, permits, social services, and local regulatory functions.

Industry: Municipal Government
Address: Piazza Aldo Moro, 84091 Battipaglia SA, Italy
Employees: 51-200

Attack summary

Severity: high — The attack targets a municipal government with data_published status, strongly implying confirmed exfiltration of citizen PII and sensitive administrative records. Public sector entities hold regulated personal data at scale, and publication of such data causes direct harm to residents and government operations.

The Medusa ransomware group claims to have attacked Comune di Battipaglia and has published the data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of municipal records. The leak post content was not retrievable due to a CAPTCHA challenge, so specific claims about encryption or exact data categories could not be verified from the post itself.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Citizen personal records (PII)
Municipal administrative documents
Employee records
Financial/budget documents
Building permits and land registry data
Social services case files

What the group claims

The Comune di Battipaglia is the official municipal government of Battipaglia, a town in the Province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy. As the local public administration, it oversees civic services, urban planning, public records, community programs, and administrative functions for the town’s residents, known as Battipagliesi. The municipality is led by a mayor and council, and its offices are based in Piazza Aldo Moro. Battipaglia is historically an agricultural and industrial centre, famous for its buffalo mozzarella and rich cultural traditions. The Comune’s website provides access to local services, news, governance information, and contact details for citizens and visitors. The company headquarters is located in Piazza Aldo Moro, 84091 Battipaglia (SA), Italia. 30 Employees

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Leak posthttp://xfv4jzckytb4g3ckwemcny3ihv4i5p4lqzdpi624cxisu35my5fwi5qd.onion/detail?id=4a9e6dc3d2bbd60a86ec059c9e86860e

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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