Was Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) hit by ransomware?

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) was listed by the minteye 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 minteye ransomware group?

minteye 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 Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) breach?

minteye published data attributed to Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) (~2.3 TB). Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)

Claimed by Minteye · listed 7 months ago

2.3 TB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedDec 12, 2025
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Minteye
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Agriculture and Food Production
Listed on leak site: Dec 12, 2025
Data size: 2.3 TB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) is an intergovernmental international commission headquartered in La Jolla, California, USA. It is responsible for the long-term conservation and sustainable management of tuna, tuna-like species, and other fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The IATTC conducts scientific research, collects fishery data, coordinates stock assessments, and administers the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP).

Industry: International Fisheries Management & Marine Conservation
Address: 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Attack summary

Severity: high — 2.3 TB of data has been confirmed exfiltrated and published, likely encompassing sensitive scientific, operational, and potentially staff/member PII from an intergovernmental organization. The scale of exfiltration and publication of data from an international regulatory body constitutes a significant breach of business and institutional data.

The ransomware group minteye claims to have exfiltrated 2.3 TB of data from the IATTC, with the disclosure status indicating the data has been published. No ransom amount was stated.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Scientific research data
Fishery stock assessment data
Catch statistics and records
Vessel register data
Staff and organizational records
Meeting documents and resolutions
Administrative and financial records
Observer program data

What the group claims

Size: 2.3 TB

Sources

Victim sitewww.iattc.org

Source

Indexed 7 months ago

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Disclosure context

About minteye

Based on available information, minteye is an emerging ransomware group first observed in December 2025 with limited documented activity, having targeted at least five known victims primarily for financial gain. The group's origin and affiliations remain unknown, with no publicly documented information from major security firms regarding their operational structure or whether they operate as a ransomware-as-a-service model. Their attack methodology, encryption techniques, and specific tools have not been extensively documented by reputable security researchers, though their targeting pattern suggests they focus on diverse sectors including construction, transportation/logistics, and agriculture/food production. The group has primarily targeted organizations in the United States and Chile, indicating either a regional focus or opportunistic targeting based on access rather than strategic selection. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or established threat intelligence firms. Given the recent emergence date of December 2025 and limited victim count, minteye appears to be a newly active group with minimal public documentation of their capabilities or impact. The group has been linked to 5 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 12, 2025. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 12, 2025Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) listed by minteyeon the group's public leak site

Data size: 2.3 TB

Other recent disclosures by minteye

minteye has been linked to 5 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 Agriculture and Food Production sector, which has 772 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by minteye means Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) 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 minteye'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.