Disclosure context

About LockBit

LockBit is a highly prolific ransomware group that emerged in October 2020 and has become one of the most active ransomware operations globally, with over 3,500 documented victims and a primary motivation of financial gain through extortion. The group is suspected to originate from Russia and operates as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, recruiting affiliates to conduct attacks while providing them with ransomware tools, infrastructure, and support. LockBit primarily gains initial access through exploiting vulnerabilities in public-facing applications, credential stuffing attacks, and phishing campaigns, employing double extortion tactics where they steal sensitive data before encrypting systems and threatening to leak the information if ransom demands are not met. The group has demonstrated significant technical sophistication, developing multiple variants including LockBit 3.0 (also known as LockBit Black), and has been particularly active in targeting business services, manufacturing, technology, and healthcare sectors across the United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy. Despite ongoing law enforcement efforts and international cooperation to disrupt their operations, including seizures of infrastructure and arrests of affiliates, LockBit has shown resilience and adaptability, continuing to operate and evolve their tactics while maintaining their position as one of the most dominant ransomware threats in the cybercriminal landscape. The group has been linked to 3,536 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 21, 2020; most recent post March 30, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: LockBit 3.0, LockBit Black, LockBit Green, ABCD ransomware.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 23, 2026moa.gov.eg listed by LockBiton the group's public leak site

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, moa.gov.eg is reported in Egypt, a country with 2 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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Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (Egypt)

listed as moa.gov.eg · Claimed by LockBit · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 23, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: LockBit
Status: Data leaked
Country: Egypt
Sector: Public Sector
Listed on leak site: Feb 23, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation is an Egyptian governmental body responsible for agricultural policy, land reclamation, veterinary services, food security, and rural development across Egypt. It oversees agricultural research centres, licensing of animal and poultry production, fertiliser distribution, and international agricultural cooperation. The ministry operates nationwide through regional agricultural directorates.

Industry: Government – Agriculture & Land Reclamation
Address: Cairo, Egypt

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The victim is a national government ministry; data_published status confirms exfiltration and public release of government data, which likely includes sensitive administrative, personnel, and policy records from a sovereign public-sector entity — meeting the threshold for critical severity.

LockBit claims to have attacked the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt, with the disclosure status recorded as data_published, indicating that exfiltrated data has been released or made available; no ransom amount or specific data volume was stated in the post.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Government administrative records
Agricultural licensing data
Veterinary services records
Land reclamation project files
Internal ministry documents
Staff/personnel records
Tender and auction documents
Annual reports and research studies

What the group claims

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation is a governmental body focused on advancing agricul...

Sources

Victim sitemoa.gov.eg

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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