Disclosure context

About benzona

Benzona is an emerging ransomware group that was first observed in November 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their targeting patterns across multiple sectors and geographic regions. The group has conducted at least 14 documented attacks within a short timeframe since their emergence, suggesting an active operational tempo. Given the limited public documentation available from major threat intelligence sources, specific details regarding the group's country of origin, potential affiliations, or operational model remain unclear, though their diverse geographic targeting spanning Romania, India, Côte d'Ivoire, Taiwan, and France suggests either a broad operational scope or potential ransomware-as-a-service model. The group's attack methodology and technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting, though their targeting of healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality and tourism, and technology sectors indicates they may be opportunistic in their victim selection rather than following highly specialized targeting criteria. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Benzona have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, or major security firms, likely due to the group's recent emergence and relatively limited scale of operations compared to established ransomware families. Given the group's recent first observation date of November 2025, Benzona appears to remain active, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from established security researchers have not yet been published due to the group's nascent operational history. The group has been linked to 14 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 26, 2025; most recent post January 30, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

January 12, 2026cc***.or.*z listed by benzonaon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, cc***.or.*z is reported in New Zealand, a country with 2 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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cc***.or.*z

Claimed by benzona · listed 4 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Jan 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: benzona
Status: Data leaked
Country: New Zealand
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Jan 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

The victim is identified only by the partially redacted domain 'cc***.or.*z' registered in New Zealand (the '.or.nz' second-level domain suggests a non-profit or community organisation). No public site content or leak post details are available to determine the organisation's nature or activities.

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is reported as published ('data_published' status) indicating at least some exfiltration occurred, but the absence of any leak post content, data size, or proof details prevents confirmation of scale or sensitivity, warranting a medium rating rather than high or critical.

The group 'benzona' has listed this organisation with a disclosed status of 'data_published', implying data has been exfiltrated and released; however, no leak post content is available to confirm specific claims about encryption, exfiltration scope, or data categories.

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Sources

Victim sitecc***.or.*z

Source

Indexed 4 months ago

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