Disclosure context

About kittykatkrew

KittyKatKrew is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in February 2026, appearing to be financially motivated based on their limited but targeted attack pattern. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unknown due to their recent emergence, and it is unclear whether they operate as an independent entity or utilize a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. With only two documented victims to date, the group's complete attack methodology has not been fully characterized by security researchers, though their targeting of financial services suggests a focus on high-value sectors that may yield significant ransom payments. The group has primarily targeted entities within the United States, with their victims spanning financial services and other unspecified sectors, though no major high-profile campaigns or record ransom demands have been publicly documented by federal agencies or established threat intelligence firms. Given their recent emergence and limited victim count, KittyKatKrew appears to be in early operational stages and remains active as of current reporting. The group has been linked to 2 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on February 23, 2026; most recent post February 25, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 25, 2026Tricolor Holdings listed by kittykatkrewon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by kittykatkrew

kittykatkrew has been linked to 2 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

testNot Found · February 23, 2026

See the full kittykatkrew dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Financial Services sector, which has 516 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Tricolor Holdings 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

← All victims

Tricolor Holdings

Claimed by kittykatkrew · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 25, 2026
Ransom deadline
Mar 3, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: kittykatkrew
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: Feb 25, 2026
Ransom deadline: Mar 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Tricolor Holdings is a mission-driven auto lender based in the United States focused on expanding access to affordable vehicle ownership, particularly for underserved communities. The company operates in the consumer finance sector, providing subprime or near-prime auto loans nationwide. No further operational details are publicly available from the provided sources.

Industry: Automotive Lending & Consumer Finance

Attack summary

Severity: high — Tricolor Holdings operates as an auto lender handling consumer financial and PII data at scale; a disclosed ransomware/extortion event in financial services involving potential customer financial records warrants high severity, even without explicit proof of exfiltration volume, given the regulated nature of the data and the 'data_published' disclosure status.

The kittykatkrew ransomware group claims an attack on Tricolor Holdings and has published the disclosure with a contact deadline of 2026-03-03, indicating a ransomware or extortion event; the post notes the status as 'Awaiting Contact,' suggesting the group is pressuring the victim to negotiate but has not yet detailed specific data exfiltrated or encrypted.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Potentially customer loan records
Potentially personal financial information
Potentially employee data

What the group claims

Mission-driven auto lender expanding access to affordable vehicle ownership nationwide. Deadline: 2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 Status: Awaiting Contact

Sources

Leak posthttp://vs6ccwled72hwmescxr2e32mmfrm6vbqbo7gbmmkxnu7g5fps7ndeeyd.onion/post/tricolor-holdings

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

This page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.