Disclosure context

About Lv

Lv is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2021, operating with relatively low visibility compared to major ransomware families but maintaining consistent activity across multiple regions and sectors. The group's country of origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting, though their targeting patterns suggest they operate independently rather than as part of a larger ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem. Limited public documentation exists regarding Lv's specific attack methodology, initial access vectors, or technical capabilities, though their successful compromise of 115 documented victims across diverse sectors indicates they employ conventional ransomware deployment techniques. The group has demonstrated a preference for targeting critical infrastructure and business services, with notable geographic focus on Russia, France, Malaysia, the United States, and the Netherlands, spanning sectors including energy, telecommunications, business services, media, and non-profit organizations. Current intelligence suggests Lv remains active as of recent reporting, though the group maintains a lower profile than prominent ransomware families and has not been subject to major law enforcement disruption operations. The group has been linked to 115 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 22, 2021; most recent post March 13, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 20, 2023croc.ru listed by Lvon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,524 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, croc.ru is reported in Russia, a country with 22 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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croc.ru

Claimed by Lv · listed 2 years ago

29m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 20, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Lv
Status: Data leaked
Country: Russia
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Dec 20, 2023

What the group claims

ЗАО «КРОК инкорпорейтед» — российская компания, связанная с рынком информационных технологий. Работает на рынке c 1992 года и занимается предоставлением услуг в области системной интеграции, тиражируемых продуктов, управляемых B2B-сервисов, перспективных сквозных технологий (Big Data, блокчейн, искусственный интеллект, интернет вещей, роботизация, машинное обучение). Компания владеет собственной сетью дата-центров и работает на рынке облачных сервисов и услуг ЦОД.Конфиденциальные данные скомпрометированы,информация выгружена и надежно сохранена на резервных и подконтрольных группе серверах.Ведутся переговоры.170000$.

Sources

Victim sitecroc.ru

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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