Disclosure context

About vect

The Vect ransomware group is an emerging threat actor first observed in January 2026, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their ransomware deployment patterns. With limited public documentation available from major cybersecurity organizations, the group's country of origin and potential affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a relatively small-scale operation compared to established ransomware families. Based on available victim data, Vect has compromised at least 23 organizations globally, with primary focus on Brazil, the United States, South Africa, Namibia, and Egypt, demonstrating a geographically diverse targeting approach that spans multiple continents. The group appears to concentrate their attacks on manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and energy sectors, suggesting they may seek targets with critical infrastructure dependencies or valuable data assets, though their specific attack methodologies and encryption techniques have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence providers. Given the group's recent emergence in early 2026, comprehensive analysis of their tactics, techniques, and procedures remains limited in public threat intelligence reporting. As of current reporting, Vect appears to remain active, though the limited public visibility suggests they operate at a smaller scale compared to prominent ransomware-as-a-service groups that typically attract more extensive law enforcement and security researcher attention. The group has been linked to 25 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on January 6, 2026; most recent post April 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 4, 2026Verlat Energy listed by vecton the group's public leak site

Data size: 238 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Energy sector, which has 374 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Verlat Energy is reported in United States, a country with 7,392 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Verlat Energy Perú

listed as Verlat Energy · Claimed by vect · listed 3 months ago

238 GB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 4, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: vect
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Energy
Listed on leak site: Mar 4, 2026
Data size: 238 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Verlat Energy Perú (VERLAT) is a renewable energy generation company focused on improving Peru's energy matrix through clean sources including hydroelectric and solar power. The company operates a portfolio of 73 MW comprising six run-of-river hydroelectric plants in the Junín and Ancash departments of Peru, with additional solar assets in Chile. VERLAT is part of the French investment firm Ardian through its Ardian Clean Energy Evergreen Fund (ACEEF).

Industry: Renewable Energy Generation (Hydroelectric & Solar)
Address: Av. Pardo y Aliaga 699 – Of 701 B, San Isidro, Lima, Perú

Attack summary

Severity: high — 238 GB of data has been confirmed exfiltrated from a critical infrastructure energy company (renewable power generation), representing significant operational and potentially regulated business data exposure; the 'data_published' status confirms exfiltration rather than encryption-only.

The group 'vect' claims to have exfiltrated 238 GB of data from Verlat Energy and has published the data while listing the victim as still in negotiation with a 22-day deadline. No specific data categories are described in the leak post excerpt.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate files (238 GB exfiltrated)

What the group claims

Status: STATUS: NEGOTIATING | Sector: Energy | DATA SIZE: 238GB | Deadline: 22d 3h

Sources

Victim siteverlatenergy.com

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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