Disclosure context

About benzona

Benzona is an emerging ransomware group that was first observed in November 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns across multiple sectors and geographic regions. The group has conducted at least 14 documented attacks within a short timeframe since their emergence, suggesting an active operational tempo. Given the limited public documentation available from major threat intelligence sources, specific details regarding the group's country of origin, potential affiliations, or operational model remain unclear, though their diverse geographic targeting spanning Romania, India, Côte d'Ivoire, Taiwan, and France suggests either a broad operational scope or potential ransomware-as-a-service model. The group's attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting, though their targeting of healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality and tourism, and technology sectors indicates they may be opportunistic in their victim selection rather than following highly specialized targeting criteria. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Benzona have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or major security firms, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively limited scale of operations compared to established ransomware families. Given the group's recent first observation date of November 2025, Benzona appears to remain active, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from established security researchers have not yet been published due to the group's nascent operational history. The group has been linked to 14 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 26, 2025; most recent post January 30, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 6, 2025platinumone.in listed by benzonaon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,524 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, platinumone.in is reported in India, a country with 255 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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PlatinumOne Business Service Limited

listed as platinumone.in · Claimed by benzona · listed 6 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 6, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: benzona
Status: Data leaked
Country: India
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Dec 6, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

PlatinumOne Business Service Limited is an India-based company headquartered in Thane, Maharashtra, that provides outsourced sales force and business process services across sectors including telecom, financial services, and consumer goods. The company offers integrated solutions covering prospect and database management, sales process outsourcing, and performance management. It positions itself as an employee-first organisation leveraging AI-empowered personnel to deliver client ROI.

Industry: Sales Force Outsourcing & Business Process Services
Address: 7th Floor, A Wing, Ashar IT Park, Wagle Estate, Thane, India

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published), indicating confirmed exfiltration rather than a mere listing. However, the leak post provides no detail on the volume, nature, or sensitivity of the data (e.g., no confirmed PII at scale, financial records, or regulated data is described), limiting severity to medium.

The ransomware group 'benzona' claims to have published data belonging to PlatinumOne Business Service Limited, with disclosed status indicating data has been published. No specific ransom demand, data volume, or detailed description of exfiltrated content was stated in the leak post.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company internal data
Client records
Sales and prospect databases
Employee information

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

PlatinumOne.in is a company based in India that provides outsourced sales force services for various industries such as telecom services, financial services, and consumer goods. They have an integrated sales force solution that covers prospect and database management, sales process outsourcing, and performance management. They are committed to delivering quality sales results for their clients.

Sources

Victim siteplatinumone.in

Source

Indexed 6 months ago

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