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 2, 2023CONATECO listed by Darkraceon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation & Logistics sector. Geographically, CONATECO 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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CO.NA.TE.CO. (Consorzio Napoletano Terminal Containers)

listed as CONATECO · Claimed by Darkrace · listed 3 years ago

36m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jun 2, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Darkrace
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Transportation & Logistics
Listed on leak site: Jun 2, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

CO.NA.TE.CO. (Consorzio Napoletano Terminal Containers) is the largest container terminal in the Port of Naples and the fourth largest in Italy. Founded in 1995, it is strategically located in the central Mediterranean, serving as a key logistics hub on international shipping routes between Northern and Southern Europe.

Industry: Container Terminal Operations & Port Logistics
Address: Porto di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Founded: 1995

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published (disclosed status: data_published) from a critical port infrastructure operator handling significant international logistics; operational disruption to critical transport infrastructure and potential exposure of significant business and operational data warrants a high severity rating.

The Darkrace ransomware group claims to have attacked CO.NA.TE.CO. and has published data, indicating confirmed exfiltration of company data. The specific categories and volume of exfiltrated data are not detailed in the available post excerpt.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company operational data
Port terminal records

What the group claims

CO.NA.TE.CO. ( Consorzio Napoletano Terminal Containers ), è stato fondato nel 1995. Oggi è il più grande Terminal nel porto di Napoli e il quarto in Italia. La favorevole posizione geografica nel cuore del Mediterraneo, pone il porto di Napoli e, in particolare, il Terminal CO.NA.TE.CO., nel bel mezzo delle rotte commerciali internazionali, in modo da rappresentare uno dei principali collegamenti tra Nord e Sud Europa.

Sources

Leak posthttp://wkrlpub5k52rjigwxfm6m7ogid55kamgc5azxlq7zjgaopv33tgx2sqd.onion/36b4f6d0ee20/

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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