Disclosure context

About crypto24

Crypto24 is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in April 2025, with a primary financial motivation evidenced by their targeting of high-value sectors across multiple geographic regions. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their targeting pattern suggests either independent operations or a new ransomware-as-a-service offering given the diverse geographic spread of their 43 documented victims. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not yet been thoroughly documented by major threat intelligence providers, though their targeting of technology, financial services, healthcare, and business services sectors indicates they likely employ common initial access vectors such as phishing or exploitation of public-facing applications to gain entry into victim networks. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting organizations primarily in the United States while also conducting operations across Southeast Asia including Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, as well as extending their reach to Egypt, suggesting either a globally distributed affiliate network or opportunistic targeting based on vulnerable infrastructure discovery. Crypto24 remains active as of the latest available intelligence reporting, though given their recent emergence, comprehensive details about their specific tactics, techniques, and procedures await further analysis by established cybersecurity research organizations. The group has been linked to 49 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 8, 2025; most recent post May 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 17, 2026Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) listed by crypto24on the group's public leak site

Data size: 700 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare sector, which has 1,779 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) is reported in QA, a country with 5 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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Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI)

Claimed by crypto24 · listed 1 month ago

700 GB

Data size

33d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 17, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: crypto24
Status: Data leaked
Country: QA
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: Apr 17, 2026
Data size: 700 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) is a leading research institute operating under Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Doha, Qatar. QBRI focuses on biomedical research in genomics, diabetes, cancer (particularly breast cancer), and neurological disorders including autism, with the goal of advancing precision medicine and translational research. It operates multiple research centers and core laboratory facilities and collaborates with national and international partners.

Industry: Biomedical Research & Academic Healthcare
Address: Education City, Doha, Qatar

Attack summary

Severity: high — QBRI is an academic biomedical research institute handling sensitive research data including genomics, clinical, and potentially patient-linked data. Data publication is confirmed, and the nature of the institution makes exposure of research or personal health-related records a significant concern, even though specific data categories and volume are not detailed in the post.

The group crypto24 claims to have published data from QBRI, with the disclosure status listed as data_published. No specific details regarding encryption, exfiltration volume, or the nature of data stolen are provided in the leak post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Research data
Institutional records

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) is a research institute based in Qatar, operating under Hamad Bin Khalifa University. It focuses on biomedical research in areas such as genomics, diabetes, cancer, and neurological disorders. QBRI aims to advance precision medicine and translational research to address health challenges prevalent in Qatar and the broader region, contributing to the country's science and innovation goals.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI)

Sources

Victim sitewww.hbku.edu.qa/en/qbri

Source

Indexed 1 month ago

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