Disclosure context

About lockbit5

Based on the provided data, LockBit5 appears to be a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in December 2025, representing what may be a new iteration or rebrand within the LockBit ransomware ecosystem, with primary financial motivations evidenced by their targeting of high-value sectors. Given the LockBit naming convention and the timing of emergence, this group likely operates from Eastern Europe or Russia and may represent either a continuation of previous LockBit operations or a new affiliate group leveraging the established LockBit brand, though specific organizational details remain undocumented by major security agencies. While detailed attack methodologies have not been publicly documented by CISA, FBI, or major security researchers, the group's targeting pattern across 157 victims suggests a broad-spectrum approach focusing on technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation sectors primarily in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Italy, and Mexico. Due to the group's recent emergence in December 2025, there are no publicly documented notable campaigns or major incidents reported by established threat intelligence sources, though the victim count indicates active operations. The group appears to be currently active based on the recent first observation date, though comprehensive analysis from major security agencies has not yet been published given the short timeframe since emergence. The group has been linked to 252 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 7, 2025; most recent post May 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 14, 2026contrar.it listed by lockbit5on the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, contrar.it is reported in IT, a country with 195 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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CON.TR.AR. – Consorzio Trasportatori Artigiani

listed as contrar.it · Claimed by lockbit5 · listed 1 month ago

36d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 14, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: lockbit5
Status: Data leaked
Country: IT
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Apr 14, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

CON.TR.AR. (Consorzio Trasportatori Artigiani) is an Italian consortium of artisan transport companies founded in 1985 and based in Prato, Tuscany. It provides freight transport services including temperature-controlled delivery of perishable goods, large-scale retail distribution (GDO), and industrial materials transport. The consortium model allows individual owner-operators to compete collectively while maintaining high service quality.

Industry: Freight Transport & Logistics Consortium
Address: Via Giuseppe Catani, 28/c, 59100 Prato, Italy
Founded: 1985

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (confirmed exfiltration and release), meaning business and potentially client/partner data is exposed; the consortium handles logistics for large retail and industrial clients, amplifying the potential downstream impact.

LockBit 5 claims to have attacked CON.TR.AR. with data published, indicating exfiltration of company data; the disclosure status is 'data_published', suggesting stolen data has been released or is being made available.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company operational data
Client/customer records
Supplier information
Financial or administrative documents

What the group claims

Il consorzio CON.TR.AR. nasce nel 1985 dall’aggregazione di alcuni padroncini artigiani che sentiron...

Sources

Victim sitecontrar.it
Leak posthttp://lockbitapt67g6rwzjbcxnww5efpg4qok6vpfeth7wx3okj52ks4wtad.onion/post/179df44036efeb7da32c0002ccd9dfc3

Source

Indexed 1 month ago

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