Disclosure context

About vect

The Vect ransomware group is an emerging threat actor first observed in January 2026, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their ransomware deployment patterns. With limited public documentation available from major cybersecurity organizations, the group's country of origin and potential affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting patterns suggest a relatively small-scale operation compared to established ransomware families. Based on available victim data, Vect has compromised at least 23 organizations globally, with primary focus on Brazil, the United States, South Africa, Namibia, and Egypt, demonstrating a geographically diverse targeting approach that spans multiple continents. The group appears to concentrate their attacks on manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and energy sectors, suggesting they may seek targets with critical infrastructure dependencies or valuable data assets, though their specific attack methodologies and encryption techniques have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence providers. Given the group's recent emergence in early 2026, comprehensive analysis of their tactics, techniques, and procedures remains limited in public threat intelligence reporting. As of current reporting, Vect appears to remain active, though the limited public visibility suggests they operate at a smaller scale compared to prominent ransomware-as-a-service groups that typically attract more extensive law enforcement and security researcher attention. The group has been linked to 25 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on January 6, 2026; most recent post April 15, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 28, 2026keliweb listed by vecton the group's public leak site

Data size: 200 GB

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,524 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, keliweb 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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keliweb

Claimed by vect · listed 3 months ago

200 GB

Data size

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 28, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: vect
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Feb 28, 2026
Data size: 200 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Keliweb is an Italian web hosting and cloud services provider based in Calabria, Italy, offering shared hosting, dedicated servers, VPS, CDN, domain registration, SSL certificates, PEC (certified email), and cloud backup solutions. The company operates its own datacenter with a stated SLA of 99.99% uptime and holds ISO certifications. Its services target individuals, businesses, web agencies, and public administration clients across Italy.

Industry: Web Hosting & Cloud Services
Address: Via della Resistenza, Rende (CS), Calabria, Italy
Employees: 11-50

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Keliweb is a multi-tenant hosting provider; a 200 GB exfiltration likely encompasses PII and business-sensitive data of thousands of downstream customers (individuals and businesses), including email, domain, and billing records — constituting large-scale regulated data exposure affecting third parties beyond the direct victim.

The group 'vect' claims to have exfiltrated approximately 200 GB of data from Keliweb and reports the status as 'Negotiating' with a 28-day deadline, indicating both potential encryption and confirmed or imminent data publication. No ransom amount has been stated.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Customer account data
Domain registration records
Hosting configuration data
Business/company files
Potentially PII of hosted clients

What the group claims

Status: STATUS: NEGOTIATING | Sector: IT | DATA SIZE: 200GB | Deadline: 28d 7h

Sources

Victim sitekeliweb.it

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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