Disclosure context

About Freecivilian

Freecivilian is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in December 2022 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted at least 14 documented victims. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely unknown, with limited public documentation from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their operational structure or whether they operate as an independent entity or through a ransomware-as-a-service model. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in publicly available threat intelligence reports, though their targeting pattern shows a notable focus on healthcare sector organizations. Given the limited public reporting on this group from established sources like CISA, FBI, or major cybersecurity research firms, specific details about notable campaigns, record ransom demands, or high-profile incidents remain undocumented in mainstream threat intelligence channels. The current operational status of Freecivilian is unclear due to the sparse public information available about this relatively low-profile ransomware operation. The group has been linked to 14 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 31, 2022; most recent post June 1, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 31, 2022kmu.gov.ua listed by Freecivilianon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Government sector, which has 509 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, kmu.gov.ua is reported in Ukraine.

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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Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

listed as kmu.gov.ua · Claimed by Freecivilian · listed 3 years ago

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Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 31, 2022
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Freecivilian
Status: Data leaked
Country: Ukraine
Sector: Government
Listed on leak site: Dec 31, 2022

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Кабінет Міністрів України) is the highest body of executive power in Ukraine, responsible for implementing state policy, managing public finances, and coordinating the work of ministries and other central executive bodies. It operates under the authority of the President and the Verkhovna Rada. The official web presence is hosted at kmu.gov.ua.

Industry: Central Government Executive Authority
Address: 12/2 Hrushevskoho Street, Kyiv, 01008, Ukraine
Founded: 1991

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The target is the highest executive government body of a nation actively engaged in armed conflict; any confirmed data publication from this entity represents a critical exposure of sensitive government, administrative, and potentially security-relevant information, regardless of the absence of a detailed leak post.

The Freecivilian group claims to have compromised and published data associated with the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers (kmu.gov.ua); the disclosed status indicates data has been published, though no specific ransom demand, data volume, or detailed leak post content is available to confirm the precise nature or scope of the exfiltration.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Government administrative data
Potentially internal communications
Potentially employee or official records

Sources

Victim sitekmu.gov

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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