Disclosure context

About Darkrace

Darkrace is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in May 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations through targeted extortion campaigns. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting European nations, particularly Italy, Sweden, and Portugal, while also conducting operations against victims in Japan and Switzerland, suggesting a broad international scope despite their limited scale of operations. With only 10 documented victims since their emergence, Darkrace appears to operate as a smaller, independent ransomware operation rather than a large-scale Ransomware-as-a-Service enterprise, though specific details regarding their country of origin and potential affiliations with other cybercriminal groups remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting. Due to the limited public documentation from major cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agencies regarding Darkrace's specific attack methodologies, encryption techniques, and initial access vectors, their operational tactics and technical capabilities are not well-established in current threat intelligence databases. The group has not been associated with any major, high-profile ransomware incidents that have drawn significant public attention or law enforcement response, likely due to their relatively small victim count and recent emergence in the threat landscape. Current intelligence suggests Darkrace remains active as of late 2023, though their limited operational footprint and absence from major cybersecurity advisories indicates they represent a lower-tier threat compared to more established ransomware operations. The group has been linked to 10 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 31, 2023; most recent post June 9, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 9, 2023marstrand.se listed by Darkraceon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Hospitality sector. Geographically, marstrand.se is reported in Sweden, a country with 47 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

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Marstrand (Visit Marstrand / Marstrand Tourism)

listed as marstrand.se · Claimed by Darkrace · listed 3 years ago

35m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jun 9, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Darkrace
Status: Data leaked
Country: Sweden
Sector: Hospitality
Listed on leak site: Jun 9, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Marstrand is a coastal destination and tourism portal for Marstrand island, located in the archipelago of western Sweden within Kungälv Municipality. The site promotes the island as a sailing capital, seaside resort, and cultural destination, highlighting attractions such as Carlsten Fortress, the guest harbour, restaurants, and events including the GKSS Match Cup Sweden. It serves as an information and marketing resource for visitors to the island.

Industry: Tourism & Destination Marketing
Address: Marstrand, Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been marked as published by the group, indicating confirmed exfiltration and publication, but the leak post provides no details on data type, volume, or sensitivity. The target is a tourism/destination site with limited indication of regulated PII at scale, warranting medium rather than high or critical.

Darkrace claims to have published data obtained from marstrand.se; the disclosed status indicates data has been published, though the leak post contains only a descriptive text about the destination and does not specify the nature or volume of exfiltrated data.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Website/backend data
Potentially visitor or booking records
Potentially organisational/administrative files

What the group claims

Längst ut i väster, där skärgården tar slut och havet tar vid, ligger Marstrand. Seglarstaden och badorten Marstrand är inte utan anledning en storfavorit för alla besökare. Här finns kajen med båtar av alla slag, mysiga hus vid bilfria gator, topprestauranger och caféer, sol och salta bad, musik och skådespel. På toppen av ön tronar Carlstens fästning. Efter en kort färjetur över sundet befinner du dig på själva Marstrandsön, med en levande närvaro från en svunnen tid, blandat med trendiga seglarjackor. På Marstrand finner man både krogliv och stilla lugn beroende på när man besöker ön. Med sina mysiga kvarter, små gränder och prång, sin dominerande fästning och havsutsikt vart man än vänder sig, väcker ön starka känslor. Längs bryggorna i Sveriges största gästhamn ligger båtarna tätt och med GKSS Match Cup Sweden första veckan i juli är Marstrand definitivt seglingens huvudstad i Sverige.

Sources

Victim sitemarstrand.se
Leak posthttp://wkrlpub5k52rjigwxfm6m7ogid55kamgc5azxlq7zjgaopv33tgx2sqd.onion/d674ea3db2f8/

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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