Disclosure context

About unsafe

The "unsafe" ransomware group is a relatively new threat actor that emerged in December 2022, operating with primarily financial motivations through ransomware deployment and extortion schemes. Based on limited public documentation, the group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation rather than a established Ransomware-as-a-Service model. With 14 documented victims since their emergence, the group has demonstrated a focused targeting approach, primarily concentrating their attacks on manufacturing organizations, transportation and logistics companies, and government entities across the United States, Switzerland, and France. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security research organizations such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant, limiting detailed analysis of their initial access vectors, encryption methods, or data exfiltration practices. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions have been publicly reported against this group, likely due to their relatively recent emergence and smaller scale of operations compared to more established ransomware families. Current intelligence suggests the group remains active as of available reporting, though their limited public footprint makes definitive status assessment challenging without additional threat intelligence sources. The group has been linked to 14 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 21, 2022; most recent post January 14, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 9, 2023TAG Aviation listed by unsafeon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation & Logistics sector. Geographically, TAG Aviation is reported in Switzerland, a country with 78 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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TAG Aviation

Claimed by unsafe · listed 3 years ago

$326.60M

Est. revenue

company size proxy

35m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jun 9, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: unsafe
Status: Data leaked
Country: Switzerland
Sector: Transportation & Logistics
Listed on leak site: Jun 9, 2023
Estimated revenue: $326.60M

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

TAG Aviation is a Switzerland-based private aviation company founded in 1966, offering aircraft management, private jet charter, maintenance, FBO handling, and pilot/crew training services. It operates globally and serves high-net-worth individuals and corporate clients with a reported revenue of approximately $326.6 million. The company holds multiple international business aviation certifications and is a member of major industry associations.

Industry: Private Aviation & Business Jet Services
Founded: 1966

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published) by the threat actor against a high-revenue ($326M+) private aviation firm whose clientele likely includes high-net-worth individuals and corporations, suggesting significant business and potentially sensitive client data exposure. The confirmed publication of data elevates severity beyond medium.

The ransomware group 'unsafe' claims to have attacked TAG Aviation and has published data, indicating exfiltration of company data; no ransom amount was stated and the specific data categories exfiltrated are not detailed in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company financial data
Operational records

What the group claims

country: CH - revenue: 326.60M

Sources

Victim sitetagaviation.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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