Was InvivoGen HK hit by ransomware?

InvivoGen HK was listed by the sinobi ransomware operation (Hong Kong SAR China), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the sinobi ransomware group?

sinobi is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the InvivoGen HK breach?

sinobi published data attributed to InvivoGen HK. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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InvivoGen HK

Claimed by Sinobi · listed 6 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJan 12, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Sinobi
Status: Data leaked
Country: Hong Kong SAR China
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Jan 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

InvivoGen HK is a Hong Kong-based entity associated with InvivoGen, a company engaged in biological research with specialisation in microbial fermentation. The company provides a range of biological molecules including ultra-pure antibiotics, mycoplasma treatments, and pattern recognition receptor agonists derived from micro-organisms. It operates in the biotechnology and life sciences sector.

Industry: Biotechnology & Life Sciences Research

Attack summary

Severity: high — The disclosure status is 'data_published', indicating confirmed exfiltration and publication of data from a biotechnology research company. Bio-research data, proprietary formulations, and related intellectual property constitute significant and sensitive business data. While specific regulated PII at scale is not confirmed, the nature of the sector and confirmed publication elevate severity to high.

The ransomware group Sinobi claims to have attacked InvivoGen HK and has published data, suggesting exfiltration of company data. The specific data types and volume have not been detailed in the leak post.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Biological research data
Company internal documents

What the group claims

InvivoGen's conducts bio research and has unparalleled skill in microbial fermentation that enables them to provide a wide range of biological molecules, including ultra-pure antibiotics, novel mycoplasma treatments and the largest collection of pattern recognition receptor agonists derived from a wide range of micro-organisms.

Sources

Leak posthttp://sinobi6ftrg27d6g4sjdt65malds6cfptlnjyw52rskakqjda6uvb7yd.onion/leaks/696400696387a4c9a21c5728

Source

Indexed 6 months ago

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Disclosure context

About sinobi

Based on the limited publicly available information, Sinobi appears to be a recently emerged ransomware operation first observed in July 2025, with financial motivations evidenced by their targeting of 268 victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, and there is no confirmed information regarding whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security research organizations, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad opportunistic approach rather than highly selective operations. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting organizations in the United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy, with a focus on manufacturing, healthcare, construction, and technology sectors, suggesting they may exploit common vulnerabilities across these industries rather than deploying sophisticated, sector-specific attack vectors. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Sinobi have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established threat intelligence firms. Given the recent emergence timeline and lack of extensive public documentation, the group's current operational status and long-term trajectory remain unclear, though the substantial victim count suggests continued activity as of the last available reporting period. The group has been linked to 274 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 5, 2025; most recent post May 8, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 12, 2026InvivoGen HK listed by sinobion the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by sinobi

sinobi has been linked to 274 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 3,549 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, InvivoGen HK is reported in Hong Kong SAR China, a country with 61 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by sinobi means InvivoGen HK appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Monitor for the data appearing on sinobi's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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.