Disclosure context

About Freecivilian

Freecivilian is a relatively obscure ransomware group that emerged in December 2022 with a primarily financial motivation, having targeted at least 14 documented victims. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely unknown, with limited public documentation from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies regarding their operational structure or whether they operate as an independent entity or through a ransomware-as-a-service model. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in publicly available threat intelligence reports, though their targeting pattern shows a notable focus on healthcare sector organizations. Given the limited public reporting on this group from established sources like CISA, FBI, or major cybersecurity research firms, specific details about notable campaigns, record ransom demands, or high-profile incidents remain undocumented in mainstream threat intelligence channels. The current operational status of Freecivilian is unclear due to the sparse public information available about this relatively low-profile ransomware operation. The group has been linked to 14 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on December 31, 2022. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 31, 2022mon.gov.ua listed by Freecivilianon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Government sector, which has 509 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, mon.gov.ua is reported in Ukraine.

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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Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

listed as mon.gov.ua · Claimed by Freecivilian · listed 3 years ago

41m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 31, 2022
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Freecivilian
Status: Data leaked
Country: Ukraine
Sector: Government
Listed on leak site: Dec 31, 2022

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (mon.gov.ua) is the central executive body responsible for forming and implementing state policy in the fields of education, science, and innovation across Ukraine. It oversees primary, secondary, vocational, and higher education institutions throughout the country. The ministry operates under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and is headquartered in Kyiv.

Industry: Government – Education & Science Ministry
Address: 10 Peremohy Avenue, Kyiv, Ukraine
Employees: 1001-5000
Founded: 1917

Attack summary

Severity: high — The target is a national government ministry handling sensitive administrative, personnel, and citizen-related data. Freecivilian has a documented history of publishing Ukrainian government data; the 'data_published' status confirms actual exfiltration and public release, likely including PII and sensitive government records, though the exact volume and content are unconfirmed from available evidence.

The Freecivilian group claims to have compromised and published data belonging to the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science; the disclosed status indicates data has been published, though no ransom was demanded and specific exfiltration or encryption details are absent from the captured post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Government ministry records
Employee/staff data
Internal communications
Education policy documents
Citizen-facing administrative data

Sources

Victim sitemon.gov

Source

Indexed 3 years ago

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