Disclosure context

About raznatovic

Raznatovic is an emerging ransomware group that first appeared in December 2023, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns and limited victim profile. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence and relatively small operational footprint, with no publicly documented connections to established ransomware families or evidence of operating as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Their attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security firms, though their focused targeting of transportation and logistics sectors in Cyprus suggests a deliberate sectoral approach rather than opportunistic attacks. With only five documented victims since their emergence, Raznatovic has not conducted any widely publicized major campaigns or attracted significant law enforcement attention compared to more established ransomware operations. The group appears to remain active as of current reporting, though their limited scale of operations and narrow geographic focus suggest they are either a smaller independent operation or potentially a testing ground for techniques that may be expanded in future campaigns. The group has been linked to 5 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 17, 2023; most recent post January 7, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 17, 2023SKF.com listed by raznatovicon the group's public leak site

Data size: 50 GB

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, SKF.com is reported in Sweden, a country with 47 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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SKF.com

Claimed by raznatovic · listed 2 years ago

50 GB

Data size

29m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 17, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: raznatovic
Status: Data leaked
Country: Sweden
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Dec 17, 2023
Data size: 50 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, specialising in bearings, seals, lubrication systems, and related products and services for industrial and automotive applications. Founded in 1907, SKF operates in approximately 130 countries and serves a broad range of industries including aerospace, energy, and heavy machinery. The company is one of the world's largest bearing manufacturers and is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange.

Industry: Industrial Bearings & Rotating Equipment Manufacturing
Address: Hornsgatan 1, 415 50 Gothenburg, Sweden
Employees: 40000-50000
Founded: 1907

Attack summary

Severity: high — 50 GB of data has been confirmed published (disclosed_status: data_published) by the threat actor, including user data and internal chat logs from a large multinational industrial manufacturer. The scale of the organisation and the nature of the data (user records, internal communications) represent significant business and potential PII exposure, though no explicitly medical, financial, or government-regulated data is confirmed.

The raznatovic group claims to have exfiltrated approximately 50 GB of data from SKF, stated to include user data and chat logs, and has published the data following an apparent refusal to pay a ransom.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

User data
Chat logs

What the group claims

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Sources

Victim siteskf.com
Leak posthttps://t.me/ransomed_channel/176

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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