Disclosure context

About devman

The devman ransomware group is a recently emerged threat actor that began operations in April 2025, demonstrating a financially motivated criminal enterprise with a focus on opportunistic targeting across multiple sectors and geographic regions. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation, specific details regarding their country of origin, organizational structure, or potential affiliations with established ransomware-as-a-service operations remain unknown to major cybersecurity agencies and researchers. The group's attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been thoroughly documented by reputable security firms, though their targeting patterns suggest a broad opportunistic approach rather than highly specialized tactics. In the brief period since their emergence, devman has reportedly compromised 184 victims across diverse sectors including technology, healthcare, public sector organizations, and agriculture and food production, with primary targeting concentrated in the United States, France, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Taiwan, and Thailand, though the inclusion of Svalbard and Jan Mayen in their targeting list may indicate data collection anomalies rather than actual operational focus on this remote Arctic territory. As of current reporting, devman appears to remain an active threat, though the lack of detailed technical analysis or law enforcement advisories suggests they may be operating at a relatively low profile compared to more established ransomware groups. The group has been linked to 184 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 6, 2025; most recent post February 4, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 28, 2026tiw-group.com listed by devmanon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,524 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, tiw-group.com is reported in SJ, a country with 7 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

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Ransomware victim disclosure

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TIW Group

listed as tiw-group.com · Claimed by devman · listed 4 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jan 28, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: devman
Status: Data leaked
Country: SJ
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Jan 28, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

TIW Group is a specialist software firm with over 30 years of experience developing solutions for the insurance industry. Their flagship product, ALIS, provides end-to-end processing for life insurance and annuities. They also offer business process automation, legacy modernization, and risk compliance management services.

Industry: Insurance Software & IT Solutions

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (not merely threatened), and TIW Group handles insurance industry software including life insurance and annuity processing, meaning exfiltrated data likely includes sensitive financial and policyholder-related information from their clients or platform.

The group 'devman' claims to have published data obtained from TIW Group, with the disclosure status listed as data_published, indicating exfiltration and public release of company data.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Insurance industry client data
Software source code or proprietary product data (ALIS platform)
Business process and operational records
Risk compliance documentation

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

TIW Group is a specialist software firm with over 30 years of experience in developing solutions for the insurance industry. Their flagship product, ALIS, provides end-to-end solutions for life insurance and annuity processing. Additionally, they provide business process automation, legacy modernization, and risk compliance management services. Their digital solutions help businesses to streamline operations and improve business efficiency.

Sources

Victim sitetiw-group.com
Leak posthttp://devmanblggk7ddrtqj3tsocnayow3bwnozab2s4yhv4shpv6ueitjzid.onion

Source

Indexed 4 months ago

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