Was amptc.net hit by ransomware?

amptc.net was listed by the krybit ransomware operation (United States), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the krybit ransomware group?

krybit is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the amptc.net breach?

krybit published data attributed to amptc.net. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company (AMPTC)

listed as amptc.net · Claimed by Krybit · listed 3 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedSep 1, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Krybit
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Sep 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

AMPTC is an Arab maritime shipping company established in 1972 by OAPEC member states, headquartered in Kuwait City with operational offices in Cairo, Egypt. The company operates a modern fleet of 16 vessels (crude oil tankers, product tankers, and LPG carriers) valued over $1.6 billion USD, providing hydrocarbon transportation services to international energy markets.

Industry: Maritime Shipping & Energy Logistics
Address: Arab Organization Headquarters Building, 22525 Shuwaikh Area, Airport Road, Kuwait City, Safat 13086, Kuwait
Founded: 1972

Attack summary

Severity: low — The leak post contains only publicly available or semi-public corporate information (company history, fleet composition, organizational structure, HQ address). No evidence of sensitive data exfiltration, encryption-based operational disruption, or proof artifacts. The disclosed content is largely confirmable from the public website.

The Krybit group claims to have accessed AMPTC systems and published data. The leak post itself contains only company profile and operational information; no specific data exfiltration, encryption, or operational disruption is described in the disclosed material.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company profile information
Fleet details
Corporate structure
Shareholder information
Operational office locations

What the group claims

Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company (AMPTC) is a leading Arab maritime shipping company established in 1972 as a s...

The leak post

captured from the group's site

Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company (AMPTC) is a leading Arab maritime shipping company established in 1972 as a strategic initiative of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), headquartered in Kuwait City, Kuwait, with operational activities managed from Cairo, Egypt. AMPTC was missioned to provide maritime transport services of hydrocarbon substances for the benefit of OAPEC and its member states, as well as to trade independently in the international shipping market. The company operates a modern fleet of 16 vessels including crude oil tankers, product tankers, and LPG carriers, valued at over $1.6 billion USD, delivering world-class shipping solutions to international energy markets while upholding the highest standards in safety, compliance, and environmental responsibility. Core services include chartering of vessels for the transportation of hydrocarbons (crude oil, petroleum products, and LPG). The authorized and paid-up capital is $600 million USD, divided into 10,000,000 shares at $50 nominal value each, distributed among OAPEC member states.
HQ: Arab Organization Headquarters Building, 22525 Shuwaikh Area, Airport Road, Kuwait City, Safat 13…

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 days ago

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Disclosure context

About krybit

Krybit is an emerging ransomware group that was first observed in April 2026, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their limited documented attacks against diverse sectors. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear due to limited public intelligence, and it is unknown whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. With only four known victims documented across geographically diverse regions including Mexico, Austria, Japan, and Botswana, the group appears to employ broad targeting rather than focused regional or sector-specific campaigns, though their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and data exfiltration practices have not been publicly documented by major security firms or law enforcement agencies. No notable high-profile campaigns or significant ransoms have been publicly reported, and no law enforcement actions against the group have been documented. Given the recent emergence of this group and extremely limited public reporting, Krybit's current operational status and capabilities remain largely unknown to the broader cybersecurity community. The group has been linked to 134 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 3, 2026; most recent post September 3, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 1, 2026amptc.net listed by krybiton the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by krybit

krybit has been linked to 134 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 3,577 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, amptc.net is reported in United States, a country with 3,165 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by krybit means amptc.net appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on krybit's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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.