Disclosure context

About Ransomhouse

Ransomhouse is a ransomware group that emerged in June 2021, operating primarily for financial gain through extortion campaigns targeting organizations across multiple sectors globally. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear based on publicly available intelligence, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent cybercriminal organization rather than a traditional ransomware-as-a-service model. Ransomhouse employs double extortion tactics, stealing sensitive data before deploying their ransomware payload and threatening to publish the information on their leak site if victims refuse to pay the demanded ransom. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach, with documented attacks against 187 victims primarily concentrated in the United States, China, United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain, focusing heavily on healthcare, technology, business services, and manufacturing sectors. While specific high-profile campaigns have not been extensively documented by major security firms, the group's consistent victim count and geographic distribution indicate sustained operational capability since their emergence. As of current reporting, Ransomhouse remains active with no known major law enforcement disruptions or confirmed rebranding efforts. The group has been linked to 202 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on June 1, 2021; most recent post May 8, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 7, 2026Star Energy Geothermal Salak listed by Ransomhouseon the group's public leak site

Data size: 743 GB
Ransom demanded: $740

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the energy sector, which has 374 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Star Energy Geothermal Salak is reported in Indonesia, a country with 38 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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Star Energy Geothermal Salak

Claimed by Ransomhouse · listed 13 days ago

743 GB

Data size

$740

Ransom

demanded

13d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 7, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Ransomhouse
Status: Data leaked
Country: Indonesia
Sector: energy
Listed on leak site: May 7, 2026
Data size: 743 GB
Ransom demanded: $740

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Star Energy Geothermal Salak is an Indonesian energy company established in 2003, focused on geothermal power generation and oil & gas exploration. It operates approximately 926 MW of geothermal capacity in West Java, supplying clean renewable energy to Indonesia's national grid. Under parent company Barito Renewables, it is targeting 2.3 GW of renewable capacity by 2032.

Industry: Geothermal Power Generation & Oil and Gas Exploration
Address: Indonesia (precise street address not stated on public site)
Employees: 150
Founded: 2003

Attack summary

Severity: critical — 743 GB of data from a critical energy infrastructure operator (geothermal power generation supplying a national grid) has been published. Exfiltration and encryption of data from a national-grid-connected energy company constitutes critical infrastructure compromise with potential for significant operational, regulatory, and national-security impact.

RansomHouse claims to have encrypted systems at Star Energy Geothermal Salak on or around 11 April 2026 and has published data totalling 743 GB. The disclosed status is listed as 'data_published', indicating exfiltrated data has been released.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

743 GB of company data
Operational/energy infrastructure files
Potentially financial and business records

What the group claims

Star Energy is an Indonesian energy company focused on geothermal power generation and oil & gas exploration, operating a total of 926 MW of geothermal capacity in West Java.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Victim sitehttps://www.starenergy.co.id/
Leak posthttp://zohlm7ahjwegcedoz7lrdrti7bvpofymcayotp744qhx6gjmxbuo2yid.onion/a

Source

Indexed 13 days ago

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