Disclosure context

About vect

The Vect ransomware group is an emerging threat actor first observed in January 2026, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their ransomware deployment patterns. With limited public documentation available from major cybersecurity organizations, the group's country of origin and potential affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a relatively small-scale operation compared to established ransomware families. Based on available victim data, Vect has compromised at least 23 organizations globally, with primary focus on Brazil, the United States, South Africa, Namibia, and Egypt, demonstrating a geographically diverse targeting approach that spans multiple continents. The group appears to concentrate their attacks on manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and energy sectors, suggesting they may seek targets with critical infrastructure dependencies or valuable data assets, though their specific attack methodologies and encryption techniques have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence providers. Given the group's recent emergence in early 2026, comprehensive analysis of their tactics, techniques, and procedures remains limited in public threat intelligence reporting. As of current reporting, Vect appears to remain active, though the limited public visibility suggests they operate at a smaller scale compared to prominent ransomware-as-a-service groups that typically attract more extensive law enforcement and security researcher attention. The group has been linked to 25 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on January 6, 2026; most recent post April 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 1, 2026USHA International Limited listed by vecton 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, USHA International Limited 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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USHA International Limited

Claimed by vect · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Mar 1, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: vect
Status: Data leaked
Country: India
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Mar 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Usha International Limited is an Indian consumer goods manufacturer headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana. The company produces and markets a broad range of home appliances and products including fans, cooking appliances, sewing machines, fabric care equipment, water coolers, room coolers, water heaters, room heaters, and automotive fans. It operates across India under the well-known 'Usha' brand.

Industry: Consumer Appliances & Home Products Manufacturing
Address: Plot No. 15, Institutional Area, Sector-32, Gurgaon, Haryana, PIN: 122001, India

Attack summary

Severity: high — The attackers claim exfiltration of SAP databases (likely containing financial, supply chain, and operational business data), CRM/CMS data, and employee PII, representing significant sensitive business and personal data exposure at scale for a large Indian manufacturing firm.

The group 'vect' claims to have exfiltrated employee data along with CMS, CMR, and SAP database contents from Usha International Limited, with negotiations reportedly ongoing as of the disclosed deadline.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee data
CMS database
CMR database
SAP database

What the group claims

Status: STATUS: NEGOTIATING | Sector: manufacturer | Employee Data, CMS, CMR, SAP databases. | Deadline: 19d 11h

Sources

Victim siteusha.com

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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