Disclosure context

About Darkrace

Darkrace is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in May 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations through targeted extortion campaigns. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting European nations, particularly Italy, Sweden, and Portugal, while also conducting operations against victims in Japan and Switzerland, suggesting a broad international scope despite their limited scale of operations. With only 10 documented victims since their emergence, Darkrace appears to operate as a smaller, independent ransomware operation rather than a large-scale Ransomware-as-a-Service enterprise, though specific details regarding their country of origin and potential affiliations with other cybercriminal groups remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reporting. Due to the limited public documentation from major cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agencies regarding Darkrace's specific attack methodologies, encryption techniques, and initial access vectors, their operational tactics and technical capabilities are not well-established in current threat intelligence databases. The group has not been associated with any major, high-profile ransomware incidents that have drawn significant public attention or law enforcement response, likely due to their relatively small victim count and recent emergence in the threat landscape. Current intelligence suggests Darkrace remains active as of late 2023, though their limited operational footprint and absence from major cybersecurity advisories indicates they represent a lower-tier threat compared to more established ransomware operations. The group has been linked to 10 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on May 31, 2023; most recent post June 9, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

June 3, 2023PLURISERVICE listed by Darkraceon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare sector, which has 1,779 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, PLURISERVICE 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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PLURISERVICE

Claimed by Darkrace · listed 3 years ago

36m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jun 3, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Darkrace
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: Jun 3, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Pluriservice S.p.A. is an Italian company founded in 1986 and a market leader in the Auto-ID (barcode and RFID) sector. It produces and distributes a wide range of advanced technology products, including barcode terminals, label printers, RFID solutions, and retail point-of-sale systems, serving sectors such as logistics, retail, industry, and healthcare. The group also owns software house Storm Open Solutions (founded 2001), label manufacturer Raining Labels (founded 2005), and system integrator Pluriservice Solutions.

Industry: Auto-ID, Barcode & RFID Solutions
Founded: 1986

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published by the threat actor, indicating successful exfiltration of significant business data from a mid-sized Italian technology group with over 5,000 active clients and multiple subsidiaries. The healthcare sector involvement adds further sensitivity.

The Darkrace ransomware group claims to have compromised Pluriservice S.p.A. and has published data, indicating exfiltration of company data. The disclosed status is 'data_published', suggesting sensitive business information has been leaked.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business/corporate documents
Client contract data
Software and operational data
Financial records (referenced 6M EUR revenue contracts)

What the group claims

Pluriservice Spa nasce nel 1986, è leader nel settore Auto ID (codice a barre). Produce e commercializza un’ampia gamma di prodotti tecnologicamente avanzati e innovativi. È distributore in esclusiva per il territorio nazionale di alcuni dei brand più riconosciuti a livello mondiale nel settore Auto ID. È proprietaria dei brand PLUS e APIX e produce soluzioni software con Storm Open Solutions, la software house nata nel 2001, depositaria nello sviluppo e rinnovo delle suite E2K per i settori hospitality e retail, con oltre 5000 clienti attivi. Pluriservice Solutions è il system integrator del gruppo che nel 2006 ha raggiunto 6 Mln di fatturato con i contratti di locazione attivi. Raining Labels nasce nel 2005 e si occupa di realizzare etichette adesive standard e personalizzate, ad oggi ha realizzato oltre 5 milioni di m2 di etichette. La Proget Sistem Italia è dedicata alla progettazione e ingegnerizzazione dei sistemi di etichettatura e stampa.

Sources

Victim sitepluriservice.it
Leak posthttp://wkrlpub5k52rjigwxfm6m7ogid55kamgc5azxlq7zjgaopv33tgx2sqd.onion/0e50305edfe1/

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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