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

February 24, 2026a*f***a listed by vecton the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, a*f***a is reported in EU.

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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Alfara

listed as a*f***a · Claimed by vect · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 24, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: vect
Status: Data leaked
Country: EU
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Feb 24, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Alfara (inferred from domain pattern a*f***a.care) appears to be a healthcare provider operating within the European Union, based on the .care top-level domain and sector classification. The company likely offers patient-facing clinical or care services, though specific operational details are not publicly available from the provided data.

Industry: Healthcare Services

Attack summary

Severity: high — The victim operates in the healthcare sector, and the attackers claim exfiltration of client records, which likely includes patient PII and potentially medical data — regulated sensitive information. The data_published status elevates severity beyond medium even without a confirmed exact data volume.

The group 'vect' claims to have compromised Alfara and is currently in negotiations, with exfiltration of client records and internal documents alleged. The disclosure status is listed as data_published, suggesting some proof or data has already been released.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Client records
Internal documents

What the group claims

Status: STATUS: NEGOTIATING | Sector: Healthcare | client records, documents and so on | Deadline: 18d 19h

Sources

Victim sitea*f***a.care

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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