Disclosure context

About Vicesociety

Vicesociety is a ransomware group that emerged in May 2021, primarily motivated by financial gain through targeting critical infrastructure and public service organizations. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undetermined by public threat intelligence reporting, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a established RaaS model. Vicesociety primarily gains initial access through exploitation of public-facing applications and credential-based attacks, with documented cases showing they particularly focus on compromising remote access services and vulnerable web applications before deploying their ransomware payload across victim networks. The group has demonstrated a clear preference for targeting educational institutions, government agencies, and healthcare organizations, with their 188 documented victims concentrated heavily in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Spain, indicating a focus on English-speaking and Western European entities. While specific high-profile campaigns have not been extensively detailed in major public threat intelligence reports from CISA or FBI advisories, the group's consistent targeting of critical sectors like education and healthcare has drawn attention from security researchers monitoring threats to essential services. Vicesociety remains active as of recent threat intelligence assessments, continuing their operations against similar target sectors with no documented law enforcement disruption or significant operational changes. The group has been linked to 188 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 31, 2021; most recent post December 14, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 31, 2023Societa Italiana Brevetti SpA listed by Vicesocietyon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Legal sector, which has 21 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Societa Italiana Brevetti SpA is reported in Italy, a country with 496 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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Societa Italiana Brevetti SpA

Claimed by Vicesociety · listed 3 years ago

40m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jan 31, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Vicesociety
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Legal
Listed on leak site: Jan 31, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A. (SIB) is an Italian intellectual property consultancy firm founded in 1882, headquartered in Rome. The firm specialises in the protection and defence of patents, trademarks, models, designs, and copyrights, serving SMEs, large enterprises, start-ups, universities, and research institutions. It is recognised internationally, having received awards such as Italy Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year at the Managing IP Awards 2026.

Industry: Intellectual Property Consultancy & Patent Law
Address: Piazza di Pietra, 39 - 00186 - Roma, Italy
Employees: 51-200
Founded: 1882

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (confirmed exfiltration) by the group. The firm handles highly sensitive and confidential client intellectual property portfolios, trade secrets, and legal strategies for numerous corporate clients, making the exposure of such data significant for both the firm and its clients. While no specific volume is stated, the nature of an IP law firm's data represents serious business-sensitive and potentially legally privileged material.

Vice Society claims to have attacked Società Italiana Brevetti SpA and the disclosure status is 'data_published', indicating that exfiltrated data has been released. The leak post does not specify the volume of data or enumerate specific data categories, but the nature of the firm means client intellectual property records, legal filings, and confidential business communications are at risk.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client intellectual property records
Patent and trademark filings
Legal correspondence and case files
Employee personal data
Corporate financial records
Confidential client business information

What the group claims

We are a leading firm in intellectual property consultancy , specialized in the protection and defense of patents, trademarks, models, designs and copyrights, among the very first in terms of appreciation at an international level.

Sources

Victim sitesib.it/

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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