Ronggolawe is an obscure ransomware group that emerged in February 2021, appearing to be financially motivated based on limited available intelligence. The group's origin and affiliations remain unknown due to insufficient public reporting from major security vendors and law enforcement agencies, and it is unclear whether they operate as an independent entity or utilize a ransomware-as-a-service model. Based on available data, the group has demonstrated a specific targeting pattern focused on government facilities, though their attack methodology, initial access vectors, and use of data exfiltration or double extortion tactics have not been documented in public threat intelligence reports. The group's activity appears to be geographically concentrated in Ecuador, with only one publicly documented victim, suggesting either highly limited operations or that their activities have largely escaped broader security industry attention. Current intelligence indicates minimal ongoing activity, though the lack of comprehensive public reporting makes it difficult to definitively assess whether the group remains active, has rebranded, or ceased operations. The group has been linked to 1 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on February 1, 2021. The operation is currently inactive.
Sector and geography
This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Government Facilities sector, which has 84 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas de Ecuador (Ecuador's Ministry of Finance) is reported in EC.
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.
