Ransomware victim disclosure

Ventana Micro Systems

Claimed by raworld · listed 2 years ago

18m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Nov 27, 2024
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: raworld
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Nov 27, 2024

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Ventana Micro Systems is a technology company specializing in the development of high-performance RISC-V processors for data centers and edge computing applications. The company focuses on delivering scalable, customizable computing solutions leveraging the open RISC-V instruction set architecture.

Industry: Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Confirmed data publication by ransomware group targeting a semiconductor design company with potential access to intellectual property; however, no specific data inventory, proof file count, or confirmation of sensitive data categories (e.g., source code, architectural designs) is evident from the truncated leak post.

The raworld group claims to have compromised Ventana Micro Systems and published data. No specific details on encryption, exfiltration method, or data categories are provided in the available leak post excerpt.

medium

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

Ventana Micro Systems is a technology company specializing in the development of high-performance RISC-V processors. The company focuses on delivering scalable and efficient computing solutions for data centers and edge computing applications. By leveraging the open RISC-V architecture, Ventana aims to provide innovative, customizable processors that balance performance, power efficiency, and flexibility.

Sources

Victim siteventanamicro.com
Leak posthttp://raworldw32b2qxevn3gp63pvibgixr4v75z62etlptg3u3pmajwra4ad.onion/post/4221.html

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About raworld

Raworld is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in May 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a broad international targeting approach. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear based on publicly available information, though their targeting patterns suggest they may operate independently rather than as part of a larger ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem. Limited public documentation exists regarding their specific attack methodologies, though their victim profile spanning multiple sectors including business services, technology, manufacturing, and healthcare suggests they likely employ opportunistic targeting rather than highly specialized initial access vectors. With 112 documented victims across major economies including Germany, the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Italy, Raworld has demonstrated significant operational capability despite their recent emergence, though specific details about notable high-profile attacks or law enforcement disruption efforts have not been widely reported by major threat intelligence organizations. As of current reporting, the group appears to remain active, though the limited public intelligence available makes definitive assessment of their operational status challenging. The group has been linked to 112 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 6, 2023; most recent post December 28, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

November 27, 2024Ventana Micro Systems listed by raworldon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,526 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Ventana Micro Systems 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.