Disclosure context

About Knight

Knight is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in September 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a focus on targeting critical infrastructure and high-value sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented in public threat intelligence reports, though their operational patterns suggest they operate as an independent entity rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service model. With 48 known victims since their emergence, Knight has shown a preference for targeting organizations across the United States, Brazil, Italy, Spain, and Germany, with particular focus on healthcare, manufacturing, media, and government sectors. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security firms, though their targeting of healthcare and government entities suggests they employ effective initial access techniques and likely utilize double extortion tactics common among contemporary ransomware groups. While specific notable campaigns have not been widely publicized by CISA, FBI, or major security researchers, the group's consistent activity across multiple countries and high-value sectors indicates sustained operational capability. Knight appears to remain active as of current reporting, though detailed technical analysis and specific law enforcement actions against the group have not been publicly documented by authoritative sources. The group has been linked to 48 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 6, 2023; most recent post February 12, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 31, 2023Mario de Cecco - Workwear & Corporate Wear IT listed by Knighton the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Retail & Consumer sector. Geographically, Mario de Cecco - Workwear & Corporate Wear IT is reported in Italy, a country with 496 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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Confezioni Mario De Cecco S.p.A.

listed as Mario de Cecco - Workwear & Corporate Wear IT · Claimed by Knight · listed 3 years ago

31m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Oct 31, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Knight
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Retail & Consumer
Listed on leak site: Oct 31, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Confezioni Mario De Cecco S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer and distributor of workwear, professional apparel, promotional clothing, and personal protective equipment (PPE), founded in the early 1960s by Mario De Cecco and his wife Iolanda. Originally starting as a small glove production workshop, the company has grown into an internationally recognised leader in its sector, holding ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certifications. It operates globally with an in-house R&D and creative office and has received EcoVadis Silver Medal recognition.

Industry: Workwear & Personal Protective Equipment Manufacturing
Founded: 1960

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published by the group, confirming exfiltration, but the specific nature and scale of the exfiltrated data is not described in the post; no regulated/sensitive personal data (e.g. medical, financial, government) is evidenced, and the company operates in a non-critical sector.

The Knight ransomware group claims to have compromised Confezioni Mario De Cecco S.p.A. and published data from the attack, with the disclosure status listed as data_published. The leak post includes at least three proof screenshots/files uploaded alongside excerpts from the company's website content.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Proof screenshots (3 files)
Internal company data (unspecified)

The group's post references roughly 3 proof files.

What the group claims

https://www.dececco.net/50 Anni di successi di famigliaLa nostra storia è un emozionante viaggio attraverso più di cinque decenni di attività: un viaggio all’insegna della sicurezza avviato da Mario De Cecco insieme alla moglie Iolanda, nei primi anni ’60, con l’apertura di un piccolo ma innovativo laboratorio per la produzione di guanti da lavoro. A seguire la strada tracciata da Mario, con altrettanto entusiasmo, sono stati i figli, Giampiero e Paolo, insieme alle rispettive mogli e nipoti.È grazie al lavoro e alle intuizioni di un’intera famiglia che una piccola ma competitiva realtà è divenuta un’azienda leader a livello internazionale, nella produzione di abbigliamento da lavoro, professionale, promozionale e nella distribuzione di dispositivi di protezione.Certificazioni di sistema, processo e prodotto.La nostra azienda possiede tutte le più importanti certificazioni, tra cui la certificazione di qualità ISO 9001, la certificazione ambientale ISO 14001 e la certificazione di sicurezza ISO 45001, che attestano l’impegno costante nel mantenere degli standard elevati non solo in merito alla produzione e alla fornitura di servizi, ma anche riguardo alla tutela dell’ambiente e dei lavoratori.© Confezioni Mario De Cecco S.p.A - VAT 0061826069903827545-61c1-472d-8229-5bb0734d693c.png 398.79 KBScreenshot_2.png 237.46 KBScreenshot_3.png 109.37 KB

Sources

Victim sitedececco.net
Leak posthttp://knight3xppu263m7g4ag3xlit2qxpryjwueobh7vjdc3zrscqlfu3pqd.onion/5ec6ea52-8f28-42dc-b239-e293fd648210/

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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