Disclosure context

About ALP-001

ALP-001 is an emerging ransomware group first observed in March 2026 with limited documented activity, having targeted only five known victims to date with a focus on financially motivated cybercrime. Due to the group's recent emergence and low victim count, their country of origin, operational structure, and potential affiliations remain unknown with no public documentation from major security firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their organizational structure. Their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and initial access vectors have not been publicly analyzed or reported by reputable security researchers, though their targeting pattern suggests a preference for technology and manufacturing sectors across developed nations including the United States, Japan, China, France, and Italy. No notable campaigns, high-profile incidents, or significant ransoms have been publicly documented for this group, and no law enforcement actions have been reported against ALP-001. The group's current operational status remains unclear due to limited public intelligence and their recent emergence in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 17 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 21, 2026; most recent post April 8, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 3, 2026artmotion.net listed by ALP-001on 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, artmotion.net is reported in CH, a country with 27 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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Artmotion

listed as artmotion.net · Claimed by ALP-001 · listed 2 months ago

47d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 3, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: ALP-001
Status: Data leaked
Country: CH
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Apr 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Artmotion is a leading telecommunications and media company based in Kosovo, offering high-speed internet services (up to 500 Mbps), digital cable TV, IPTV/OTT platforms, and over 300 television channels including 19 exclusive proprietary channels. The company serves both residential and business customers and is the exclusive broadcaster of Big Brother VIP Kosova. It operates under the slogan 'Tjetër Nivel' (Another Level) and provides 24/7 customer support.

Industry: Telecommunications & Digital Media (Internet, Cable TV, IPTV/OTT)

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration with 117 GB of data already published publicly from a telecom/media company with reported revenue of $23.5M; the scale of exfiltration and public disclosure of samples constitutes significant business data exposure, potentially including customer PII and operational data, though specific regulated data categories are not confirmed.

The group ALP-001 claims to have exfiltrated data from Artmotion, advertising a total storage volume of over 600 GB of company data, of which 117 GB has been published as samples available for download on the leak page. No ransom amount was stated.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

600+ GB total exfiltrated data
117 GB sample files published
Unspecified company data

What the group claims

Country: Germany Revenue: $23.5 Million Storage: +600GB Description: Artmotion is a leading telecommunications and media company in Kosovo, offering high-speed internet services and over 300 exclusive television channels ** WE UPLOADED 117GB As Samples ** ** You Can Download Samples From Leak Page ** Deadline: 2026-04-11 22:02:31

Sources

Victim siteartmotion.net
Leak posthttp://b4riuxx7ypobdptctf6lyfcvgi6vn74iurzdh4kn2agbk7472dvywgyd.onion#artmotion.net

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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