Disclosure context

About Blackbyte

BlackByte is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that emerged in October 2021, primarily motivated by financial gain through double extortion tactics targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group is suspected to operate from Russia or former Soviet states based on their use of Russian-language forums and avoidance of targeting organizations in Commonwealth of Independent States countries, though they maintain no confirmed links to other established ransomware families. BlackByte operators typically gain initial access through vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers, phishing campaigns, and exploitation of remote desktop protocol (RDP) services, employing tools such as Cobalt Strike for lateral movement and data exfiltration before deploying their custom ransomware payload that uses AES-256 encryption with RSA-2048 key protection. The group has demonstrated particular focus on critical infrastructure sectors, with the FBI and CISA issuing joint advisories in February 2022 highlighting attacks against organizations in government, healthcare, manufacturing, and education sectors, including notable incidents affecting San Francisco's transportation authority and multiple healthcare systems across the United States. BlackByte remains active as of 2024, continuing to evolve their tactics and maintain their leak site for publishing stolen data from victims who refuse to pay ransoms. The group has been linked to 147 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 4, 2021; most recent post July 30, 2025. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 14, 2023The Texwipe listed by Blackbyteon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, The Texwipe 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.

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Texwipe

listed as The Texwipe · Claimed by Blackbyte · listed 3 years ago

35m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jun 14, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Blackbyte
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Jun 14, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Texwipe is a US-based manufacturer and global market leader in contamination control supplies and critical cleaning products, including cleanroom wipers, swabs, disinfectants, mops, and sterile products. Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Kernersville, North Carolina, the company serves industries such as pharmaceuticals, aerospace, medical devices, and microelectronics. Texwipe operates internationally with offices in EMEA, China, and the Philippines.

Industry: Cleanroom Contamination Control Products Manufacturing
Address: 1210 S Park Dr, Kernersville, NC 27284, United States
Founded: 1964

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published by the ransomware operator (disclosed status: data_published), indicating successful exfiltration and public release of business data, which constitutes significant harm even without explicit enumeration of data types.

BlackByte claims an attack on Texwipe with a disclosed status of data_published, indicating data has been exfiltrated and published. No specific data categories or size were stated in the post, but the disclosure status implies sensitive company data has been released.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company data (unspecified)

What the group claims

Founded in 1964, Texwipe is a company that specializes in manufacturing cleanroom products. The company is headquartered in Kernersville, North Carolina.

Sources

Victim sitetexwipe.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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