Disclosure context

About Vendetta

Vendetta is a relatively minor ransomware group that emerged in February 2023, appearing to be financially motivated based on their operational patterns. The group's origin and affiliations remain largely unknown due to limited public reporting, though their small scale of operations suggests they likely operate as an independent entity rather than a major ransomware-as-a-service operation. Details regarding Vendetta's specific attack methodology, initial access vectors, and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major security firms or government agencies, indicating either highly targeted operations or limited visibility into their activities. With only three known victims since their emergence, Vendetta has not conducted any widely reported major campaigns or attracted significant law enforcement attention, distinguishing them from more prominent ransomware groups that typically generate extensive threat intelligence reporting. The group's current operational status remains unclear due to the limited public documentation surrounding their activities, though the small number of attributed victims suggests either highly selective targeting or limited operational capacity. The group has been linked to 3 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on February 12, 2023; most recent post February 27, 2023. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 27, 2023Chowtaifook listed by Vendettaon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Retail & Consumer sector. Geographically, Chowtaifook is reported in Hong Kong.

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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Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group

listed as Chowtaifook · Claimed by Vendetta · listed 3 years ago

39m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 27, 2023
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Vendetta
Status: Data leaked
Country: Hong Kong
Sector: Retail & Consumer
Listed on leak site: Feb 27, 2023

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group (周大福珠寶) is one of the world's largest jewelry retailers, headquartered in Hong Kong. The company sells gold, diamond, platinum, and gemstone jewelry through thousands of retail points across Greater China and internationally. It is publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and operates brands including Hearts on Fire alongside its own namesake collections.

Industry: Luxury Goods & Jewelry
Address: Chow Tai Fook Centre, 44 Sha Tsui Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong
Employees: 29000
Founded: 1929

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (not merely threatened), and the victim is a major publicly listed global jewelry retailer with a large customer loyalty/membership base, making exposure of customer PII and corporate data significant; no explicit confirmation of regulated medical or government data, so critical is not warranted.

The Vendetta ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated data from Chow Tai Fook and has published it (disclosed status: data_published), referencing internal content consistent with company marketing and operations; no ransom amount or data volume was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Internal marketing/campaign materials
Customer membership data
Corporate business records
Employee information

What the group claims

Chow Tai Fook “Lodestar” CollectionCelebrate a Lustrous Love Story2023-01-26This Valentine's Day, let the “Lodestar” Collection shine upon your journey to everlasting love, commemorated by the traceable T...

Sources

Victim sitechowtaifook.com

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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