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, 2023NEBRASKALAND listed by Blackbyteon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Food & Agriculture sector, which has 13 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, NEBRASKALAND 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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NEBRASKALAND

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: Food & Agriculture
Listed on leak site: Jun 14, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Nebraskaland, Inc. is a wholesale distributor and supplier of premium perishable meat and seafood products serving the New York metro area and broader Northeast region. The company offers a wide range of products including boxed beef, chicken, pork, lamb, veal, seafood, deli items, and frozen/processed foods. It serves retail store owners and provides field merchandising and warehouse management services.

Industry: Wholesale Meat & Seafood Distribution

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by the ransomware group, indicating successful exfiltration and public release of business data from a regional food distribution company; while no specific regulated PII volume is confirmed, the published status elevates severity beyond medium.

BlackByte claims to have attacked Nebraskaland, Inc. with the disclosure status indicating data has been published; the post does not specify whether encryption occurred, but the 'data_published' status implies exfiltration and release of company data.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business operational data
Customer records
Supplier/vendor information
Financial records

What the group claims

Nebraskaland, Inc. distributes and sells seafood and meat products to customers in New York metro area. It provides boxed beef, chicken, pork, lamb, veal, and various meats, as well as a range of frozen and processed foods.

Sources

Victim sitenebraskaland.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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