Disclosure context

About dunghill

The dunghill ransomware group is a relatively new financially-motivated cybercriminal operation that emerged in April 2023, with documented attacks against 16 victims across multiple countries and sectors. Based on limited public reporting, the group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest they operate as an independent entity rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service operation. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting business services and technology sectors, with attacks documented across the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Bolivia, and Taiwan, indicating either a broad opportunistic approach or the use of initial access brokers to expand their geographic reach. While specific technical details about their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and extortion tactics have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports, their multi-country victim distribution suggests they employ common initial access vectors such as phishing, credential theft, or exploitation of internet-facing vulnerabilities. No major high-profile attacks or significant law enforcement actions against the dunghill group have been publicly reported, likely due to their recent emergence and relatively small victim count compared to more established ransomware operations. As of current reporting, the group appears to remain active with limited public visibility into their operations. The group has been linked to 16 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 10, 2023; most recent post July 1, 2025. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 26, 2023Ropertech.com & Vertafore.com listed by dunghillon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Financial Services sector, which has 516 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Ropertech.com & Vertafore.com is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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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Ropertech.com & Vertafore.com

Claimed by dunghill · listed 3 years ago

32m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Sep 26, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: dunghill
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: Sep 26, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Vertafore is a Denver-based insurance technology company that develops software solutions for the insurance distribution channel, including agencies, carriers, and MGAs. Its product suite covers agency management systems, compliance and credentialing (Sircon), analytics, rating/quoting, workflow, and AI-powered platforms. The company claims to serve 98 of the top 100 agencies and 96 of the top 100 carriers in the United States.

Industry: Insurance Technology Software
Address: Denver, Colorado, United States
Employees: 1001-5000
Founded: 1995

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Vertafore handles sensitive insurance industry data at massive scale — including producer compliance records, agency/carrier data, and analytics for 98 of the top 100 US insurance agencies and 96 of the top 100 carriers. Confirmed data publication by the threat actor means regulated PII and financial services data at industry-wide scale is likely exposed.

The Dunghill ransomware group claims to have compromised Vertafore (and Ropertech.com) and has published data, indicating confirmed exfiltration. The post describes access to sensitive insurance technology business data, though specific data categories and volume were not quantified in the leak post.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Insurance software customer data
Business operational data
Producer/agent compliance records
Insurance distribution channel data
Analytics and industry insights data

What the group claims

Vertafore is a Denver-based insurance technology company. It has developed various software for insurance companies, such as content management and workflow software, insurance knowledge base, data and analytics. It's insurance management software solutions allow participants in the insurance distribution channel to adapt to an evolving insurance industry by efficiently scaling their businesses through deeper access to information and insights.

Sources

Victim sitevertafore.com
Leak posthttp://p66slxmtum2ox4jpayco6ai3qfehd5urgrs4oximjzklxcol264driqd.onion/lot6.html

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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