Disclosure context

About Mallox

**Overview:** Mallox is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, operating as a relatively new player in the ransomware ecosystem with a focus on extracting monetary payments from victim organizations across multiple industry sectors. **Origin & Affiliation:** The group's country of origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they operate independently rather than as part of a larger ransomware-as-a-service operation. **Attack Methodology:** Limited public documentation exists regarding Mallox's specific attack vectors and technical capabilities, though their successful compromise of 49 documented victims suggests they employ conventional ransomware deployment methods including data encryption and likely extortion tactics to pressure victims into payment. **Notable Campaigns:** Mallox has demonstrated a preference for targeting technology companies, business services, and manufacturing sectors, with their operations showing particular concentration in the United Kingdom, India, and the United States, though specific high-profile incidents have not been widely publicized by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. **Current Status:** The group remains active as of recent threat intelligence reporting, continuing to conduct ransomware operations across their preferred geographic and sectoral targets. The group has been linked to 49 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 4, 2022; most recent post July 15, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 3, 2023FICCI listed by Malloxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 2,640 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, FICCI is reported in India, a country with 255 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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FICCI

Claimed by Mallox · listed 3 years ago

36m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jun 3, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Mallox
Status: Data leaked
Country: India
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Jun 3, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) is India's largest and oldest apex business organisation, founded in 1927. A non-government, not-for-profit body, it serves as the voice of Indian business and industry, representing over 250,000 companies from the private, public, and multinational sectors. It provides policy advocacy, networking, and consensus-building platforms for Indian industry, policymakers, and the international business community.

Industry: Business Advocacy & Industry Association
Address: Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, India
Employees: 501-1000
Founded: 1927

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed exfiltrated and publicly published. FICCI holds data on over 250,000 member companies including multinational corporations, Indian public and private sector entities, and policy-level communications, making exposure of internal documents a significant business and potentially geopolitically sensitive disclosure.

The Mallox ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated data from FICCI and has published files via an AnonFiles link with a password, indicating confirmed data exfiltration and public disclosure of stolen data.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Organisational files (unknown classification)
Potentially member/corporate data
Internal business documents

The group's post references roughly 1 proof file.

What the group claims

Established in 1927, FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business organisation in India. Its history is closely interwoven with India's struggle for independence, its industrialization, and its emergence as one of the most rapidly growing global economies.A non-government, not-for-profit organisation, FICCI is the voice of India's business and industry. From influencing policy to encouraging debate, engaging with policy makers and civil society, FICCI articulates the views and concerns of industry. It serves its members from the Indian private and public corporate sectors and multinational companies, drawing its strength from diverse regional chambers of commerce and industry across states, reaching out to over 2,50,000 companies.FICCI provides a platform for networking and consensus building within and across sectors and is the first port of call for Indian industry, policy makers and the international business community. FILES: https://anonfiles.com/h9F2u9Z3yc/FICCI_rar PASSWORD: BUHgv97yt9f7fcv7c-p8

Sources

Leak posthttp://wtyafjyhwqrgo4a45wdvvwhen3cx4euie73qvlhkhvlrexljoyuklaad.onion/mallox/post?WXEG1zjMbamTaou

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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