Disclosure context

About Doppelpaymer

DoppelPaymer is a sophisticated ransomware operation that emerged in May 2019, operating as a financially motivated cybercriminal enterprise focused on high-value targets across multiple sectors. The group is believed to have connections to Russia and operates independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model, though they have been linked to the earlier Dridex banking trojan operations and may share infrastructure or personnel with the Evil Corp cybercriminal organization. DoppelPaymer operators primarily gain initial access through phishing campaigns, exploitation of Remote Desktop Protocol vulnerabilities, and leveraging existing Dridex infections, utilizing tools such as Cobalt Strike, PowerShell Empire, and various living-off-the-land techniques before deploying their custom ransomware that employs RSA-2048 and AES-256 encryption algorithms. The group pioneered double extortion tactics by operating a leak site called "Dopple Leaks" where they publish stolen data from victims who refuse to pay ransoms, systematically exfiltrating sensitive information before encryption deployment. Notable campaigns include attacks on major healthcare systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, critical infrastructure targets, and educational institutions, with the group demanding ransoms typically ranging from hundreds of thousands to several million dollars, leading to FBI alerts and international law enforcement attention. As of recent observations, DoppelPaymer activity has significantly decreased since late 2021, with many researchers believing the group has either ceased operations or rebranded under a different identity following increased law enforcement pressure. The group has been linked to 25 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 25, 2019; most recent post April 10, 2021. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: Pay OR Grief, BitPaymer, IEncrypt, FriedEx.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 21, 2021Manutan listed by Doppelpaymeron the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Critical Manufacturing sector, which has 55 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Manutan is reported in France, a country with 472 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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Manutan

Claimed by Doppelpaymer · listed 5 years ago

63m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 21, 2021
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Doppelpaymer
Status: Data leaked
Country: France
Sector: Critical Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Feb 21, 2021

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Manutan is a French B2B distributor specialising in office furniture and supplies, warehouse equipment, industrial tools, and packaging materials, operating primarily across Europe. The company sells through e-commerce and catalogue channels to businesses and public-sector clients. Headquartered in Gonesse, France, Manutan serves hundreds of thousands of customers across more than 25 countries.

Industry: B2B Industrial & Office Supplies Distribution
Employees: 1001-5000
Founded: 1966

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published) by DoppelPaymer, a group known for double-extortion involving exfiltration prior to publication; Manutan is a large pan-European distributor likely holding significant volumes of business, customer, and financial data, making published exfiltration a high-severity event even without explicit data-size figures.

DoppelPaymer claims to have attacked Manutan and has published data from the victim, indicating exfiltration of company data; no specific ransom amount was stated and no further detail on encryption or data volume is available from the captured post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business data (unspecified)
Potentially internal company documents
Potentially customer/supplier records

Sources

Victim siteManutan.fr

Source

Indexed 5 years ago

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