Disclosure context

About cipherforce

CipherForce is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in February 2026, appearing to be financially motivated based on their targeting patterns and operational characteristics. Given their recent emergence and limited public documentation, details about their specific country of origin and affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting of victims across the United States, United Arab Emirates, India, China, and Vietnam suggests either a geographically distributed operation or deliberate international scope. With only six known victims documented to date, the group appears to focus on technology companies, business services, and transportation/logistics sectors, though their attack methodology and specific tools have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms or law enforcement agencies. No notable high-profile campaigns or significant ransoms have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established security researchers, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small victim count. CipherForce appears to remain active as of current reporting, though their limited operational history makes it difficult to assess their long-term viability or potential for expansion. The group has been linked to 6 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on February 23, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 23, 2026tektreeinc.com listed by cipherforceon 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, tektreeinc.com is reported in India, a country with 255 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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TekTree Inc.

listed as tektreeinc.com · Claimed by cipherforce · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 23, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: cipherforce
Status: Data leaked
Country: India
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Feb 23, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

TekTree Inc. is a US-based IT staffing and digital solutions provider offering services including direct hire, contract staffing, tech staffing, life sciences recruitment, RPO solutions, cloud operations, and digital transformation. The company serves clients across healthcare, technology, and life sciences sectors. It positions itself as an end-to-end workforce and technology partner for enterprises.

Industry: IT Staffing & Digital Solutions

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is listed as published (exfiltration claimed), but no specific data volume, regulated data categories, or detailed proof inventory are described. The AI-generated nature of the leak post and absence of proof count or ransom reduce confidence in the severity of the actual breach.

The cipherforce ransomware group claims to have published data exfiltrated from TekTree Inc., with the disclosure status marked as data_published. No specific data volume or ransom demand has been stated, and the leak post description appears AI-generated rather than operator-authored.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business data
Client records
Employee/staffing records
Internal company documents

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

TektTree Inc. is a global technology consulting and IT service provider that offers services in software development, IT consulting, and project management. The company is dedicated to helping customers build effective, efficient and collaborative systems. They have a team of experienced professionals who specialize in different sectors such as banking, healthcare, retail, and telecommunications.

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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