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"FICCI"

Claimed by Mallox · listed 3 years ago

41m
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedFeb 23, 2023
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
Mallox
Status
Data leaked
Country
India
Sector
Business Services
Listed on leak site
Feb 23, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) is India's largest and oldest apex business organisation, founded in 1927. A non-government, not-for-profit body, it serves as the voice of Indian business and industry, representing over 250,000 companies from the private, public corporate, and multinational sectors. It engages with policymakers, civil society, and the international business community on trade, industry, and economic policy matters.

Industry
Business & Industry Federation / Apex Chamber of Commerce
Address
Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, India
Employees
501-1000
Founded
1927

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published (disclosed status: data_published) with a downloadable archive made available. FICCI represents over 250,000 companies and liaises with government and industry bodies, meaning exfiltrated data could include sensitive member information, corporate communications, and policy-related documents of significant national importance. The scale and nature of the organisation elevates this beyond medium severity.

Mallox claims to have exfiltrated data from FICCI and has published a password-protected archive file via an external file-sharing link, indicating confirmed data exfiltration with files made publicly available.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Organisational files (archive published)
  • Potentially member/corporate data
  • Potentially policy and correspondence documents

The group's post references roughly 1 proof file.

What the group claims

Established in 1927, FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business organisation in India. Its history is closely interwoven with India's struggle for independence, its industrialization, and its emergence as one of the most rapidly growing global economies.A non-government, not-for-profit organisation, FICCI is the voice of India's business and industry. From influencing policy to encouraging debate, engaging with policy makers and civil society, FICCI articulates the views and concerns of industry. It serves its members from the Indian private and public corporate sectors and multinational companies, drawing its strength from diverse regional chambers of commerce and industry across states, reaching out to over 2,50,000 companies.FICCI provides a platform for networking and consensus building within and across sectors and is the first port of call for Indian industry, policy makers and the international business community. FILES: https://anonfiles.com/h9F2u9Z3yc/FICCI_rar PASSWORD: BUHgv97yt9f7fcv7c-p8

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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Disclosure context

About Mallox

**Overview:** Mallox is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in November 2022, operating as a relatively new player in the ransomware ecosystem with a focus on extracting monetary payments from victim organizations across multiple industry sectors. **Origin & Affiliation:** The group's country of origin and specific affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they operate independently rather than as part of a larger ransomware-as-a-service operation. **Attack Methodology:** Limited public documentation exists regarding Mallox's specific attack vectors and technical capabilities, though their successful compromise of 49 documented victims suggests they employ conventional ransomware deployment methods including data encryption and likely extortion tactics to pressure victims into payment. **Notable Campaigns:** Mallox has demonstrated a preference for targeting technology companies, business services, and manufacturing sectors, with their operations showing particular concentration in the United Kingdom, India, and the United States, though specific high-profile incidents have not been widely publicized by major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies. **Current Status:** The group remains active as of recent threat intelligence reporting, continuing to conduct ransomware operations across their preferred geographic and sectoral targets. The group has been linked to 49 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 4, 2022; most recent post July 15, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • February 23, 2023"FICCI" listed by Malloxon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Mallox

Mallox has been linked to 49 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 Business Services sector, which has 3,796 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, "FICCI" is reported in India, a country with 381 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Mallox means "FICCI" 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, CERT-In (India), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on Mallox'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.