Disclosure context

About vect

The Vect ransomware group is an emerging threat actor first observed in January 2026, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their ransomware deployment patterns. With limited public documentation available from major cybersecurity organizations, the group's country of origin and potential affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a relatively small-scale operation compared to established ransomware families. Based on available victim data, Vect has compromised at least 23 organizations globally, with primary focus on Brazil, the United States, South Africa, Namibia, and Egypt, demonstrating a geographically diverse targeting approach that spans multiple continents. The group appears to concentrate their attacks on manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and energy sectors, suggesting they may seek targets with critical infrastructure dependencies or valuable data assets, though their specific attack methodologies and encryption techniques have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence providers. Given the group's recent emergence in early 2026, comprehensive analysis of their tactics, techniques, and procedures remains limited in public threat intelligence reporting. As of current reporting, Vect appears to remain active, though the limited public visibility suggests they operate at a smaller scale compared to prominent ransomware-as-a-service groups that typically attract more extensive law enforcement and security researcher attention. The group has been linked to 25 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on January 6, 2026; most recent post April 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 24, 2026EnerTec listed by vecton the group's public leak site

Data size: 151.79 GB

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, EnerTec is reported in ZA, a country with 14 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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EnerTec

Claimed by vect · listed 3 months ago

151.79 GB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 24, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: vect
Status: Data leaked
Country: ZA
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Feb 24, 2026
Data size: 151.79 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Enertec Batteries is a South African leading supplier and distributor of batteries and energy solutions, operating across South Africa for approximately 36 years. The company carries a wide portfolio of international brands covering lead-acid batteries, lithium-ion solutions, solar inverters, EV charging, and related energy products for automotive, industrial, marine, and leisure applications. It operates multiple branches and serves both retail and trade customers nationwide.

Industry: Battery Distribution & Energy Solutions
Address: South Africa

Attack summary

Severity: high — 151.79 GB of data has been published, including contracts, databases, and technical blueprints, indicating confirmed large-scale exfiltration of significant business-sensitive data. No specific regulated PII or medical/government data is mentioned, keeping this at high rather than critical.

The group 'vect' claims to have exfiltrated 151.79 GB of data from Enertec, with the data now published. The claimed data includes databases, documents, contracts, and blueprints.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Databases
Documents
Contracts
Blueprints

What the group claims

Status: STATUS: LEAKED | Sector: Manufacturing | Databases Documents Contracts blueprints and so on DATA SIZE: 151.79 GB

Sources

Victim siteenertec.co.za

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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