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 31 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 3, 2026; most recent post May 19, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 4, 2026lkc.ac.bw listed by krybiton the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Education sector, which has 694 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, lkc.ac.bw is reported in BW, a country with 2 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.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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Livingstone Kolobeng College

listed as lkc.ac.bw · Claimed by krybit · listed 2 months ago

46d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 4, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: krybit
Status: Data leaked
Country: BW
Sector: Education
Listed on leak site: Apr 4, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Livingstone Kolobeng College (LKC) is a private educational institution located in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. It operates under the domain lkc.ac.bw and provides academic programmes to students in Botswana. No further details on scale or specific programmes are available from the leak post or public site.

Industry: Private Secondary & Higher Education
Address: Gaborone, Botswana

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data is marked as published by the group against an educational institution, which likely holds sensitive PII for students and staff including minors; confirmed publication of exfiltrated data elevates severity to high.

The krybit ransomware group has listed Livingstone Kolobeng College as a victim with a disclosed/published data status, claiming exfiltration of data from the institution. No specific ransom amount or data size was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Institutional data
Student records (inferred)
Staff records (inferred)

What the group claims

Livingstone Kolobeng College (LKC) is a private educational institution located in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana . I...

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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