Australian businesses acquiescing to ransomware attacks paid an average of just over US$6 million ($9.27 million) in 2023, more than US$2 million above the global average, accordi…
Weekly intelligence
Trend-first
Weekly ransomware & data leak landscape
A seven-day view of claim activity, leak escalation, actor concentration, sector shifts, and supporting news context from eCrime.ch.
Window: 2024-04-27 → 2024-05-03 UTC
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Observed events
88
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
49
55.7% of observed events
Active actors
27
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
1
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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LockBit 3.0 generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 13.6% of observed events.
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55.7% of observed events in this window showed a public data-leak indicator, which is a stronger escalation signal than a fresh listing alone.
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Financial Services was the most represented sector in this window with 4 observed events.
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4 actor(s) appeared active this week without matching activity in the prior 30-day lookback, suggesting fresh campaigns, rebrands, or resurfacing infrastructure.
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1 observed events in this week intersected with torrent intelligence, which is useful for understanding data-distribution tactics beyond plain leak-site posts.
Coverage snapshot
As of 2024-05-03 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
27
Leak sites online near report date
0
Threat actor profiles updated this week
1
Countries represented this week
23
Sectors represented this week
46
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeLockBit 3.0
12 events · 4 leak indicators
Space Bears
8 events · 8 leak indicators
INC Ransom
6 events · 5 leak indicators
PLAY
5 events · 4 leak indicators
RA Group
5 events · 0 leak indicators
Stormous
5 events · 0 leak indicators
8BASE
4 events · 4 leak indicators
Apos Security
4 events · 4 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- Space Bears 8 events
- Apos Security 4 events
- FSOCIETY 4 events
- CL0P 3 events
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States43
- LockBit 3.011 events · 3 leak indicators
- INC Ransom4 events · 3 leak indicators
- Medusa4 events · 4 leak indicators
- CL0P3 events · 0 leak indicators
- PLAY3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Qilin3 events · 3 leak indicators
- 8BASE2 events · 2 leak indicators
- BianLian2 events · 2 leak indicators
Germany5
- RA Group2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
United Arab Emirates5
- Stormous4 events · 0 leak indicators
- RansomHub1 event · 1 leak indicator
Canada3
- FSOCIETY1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Hunters International1 event · 0 leak indicators
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Argentina2
- 8BASE1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Rhysida1 event · 1 leak indicator
Australia2
- Blacksuit1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Embargo1 event · 1 leak indicator
Brazil2
- Apos Security2 events · 2 leak indicators
Czech Republic2
- Eraleignews1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
Sector mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
Financial Services4
- FSOCIETY2 events · 0 leak indicators
- BlackBasta1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Embargo1 event · 1 leak indicator
Medical Equipment Manufacturing4
- 8BASE1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LockBit 3.01 event · 0 leak indicators
- Medusa1 event · 1 leak indicator
Oil and Gas4
- CL0P1 event · 0 leak indicators
- RansomHub1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Stormous1 event · 0 leak indicators
Software Development4
- 8BASE1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Apos Security1 event · 1 leak indicator
- BianLian1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Eraleignews1 event · 1 leak indicator
Construction3
- 8BASE1 event · 1 leak indicator
- LockBit 3.01 event · 0 leak indicators
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Food and Beverage Manufacturing3
- Medusa2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
Manufacturing3
- CL0P1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LockBit 3.01 event · 1 leak indicator
- RA Group1 event · 0 leak indicators
Medical Practice3
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 51-200 employees 21
- 11-50 employees 16
- 201-500 employees 11
- 1,001-5,000 employees 7
- 501-1,000 employees 7
- 10,001+ employees 3
Notable actor profile updates
Active actor records only.
New ransom note observed
No ransom-note change logged in this reporting window.
New actor infrastructure / contact channel
No infrastructure/contact-channel change logged in this reporting window.
New vuln / TTP intelligence
No vuln/TTP change logged in this reporting window.
Recent signal samples
Selected weekly signals.
| Actor | Sector | Country | Leak proof | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RansomHub | Higher Education | Mexico | Claim only | 2024-05-03 |
| INC Ransom | Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos | United States | Data leak | 2024-05-03 |
| Underground | Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | South Korea | Claim only | 2024-05-03 |
| FSOCIETY | Financial Services | Canada | Claim only | 2024-05-03 |
| FSOCIETY | Higher Education | United States | Claim only | 2024-05-03 |
| FSOCIETY | Financial Services | Taiwan | Claim only | 2024-05-03 |
| PLAY | Mining | United States | Data leak | 2024-05-03 |
| Qilin | Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing | Germany | Claim only | 2024-05-02 |
| Stormous | Oil and Gas | United Arab Emirates | Claim only | 2024-05-02 |
| Stormous | Telecommunications | United Arab Emirates | Claim only | 2024-05-02 |
| Everest | Accounting | United States | Claim only | 2024-05-02 |
| Eraleignews | Software Development | United States | Data leak | 2024-05-02 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
Den 2 maj upptäcktes en pågående cyberattack mot Umeå universitet. En djupare undersökning visar att attacken är allvarlig.
Related actor: Akira
An online source claims that the law firm paid a ransom of US$1.4m in Bitcoin to the Akira ransomware group.
Related actor: REvil
A Ukrainian man was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison on Wednesday after for his role in conducting over 2,500 ransomware attacks and demanding over $700 million in…
A new study from Comparitech finds that around a fifth of ransomware attacks in the US led to a lawsuit in 2023.
It shows that 355 lawsuits were filed following 3,002 ransomwar…
Ransomware is already breaking all the wrong records in 2024. Learn more about our findings from the dark web in our Q1 2024 Ransomware Report.
The State of Ransomware 2024 - Sophos News
2024-04-30
The fifth Sophos State of Ransomware Report reveals the real-world ransomware experiences of 5,000 organizations around the globe, from root cause through to severity of attack, f…
Hong Kong’s arts financing body has said hackers have attacked its computer network and systems, although no data leak has been detected.
Washington State’s Swinomish Casino and Lodge has reopened its doors following an approximately three-week closure due to a “cybersecurity incident.”
The Anacortes, Wash. gamin…
Related actor: LockBit 3.0
Retail and pharmacy chain London Drugs says it was the "victim of a cybersecurity incident" Sunday and has shuttered its stores across western Canada until further notice.
Notes
- Observed events reflect monitored leak-site and extortion activity, not independent confirmation of every intrusion.
- Data-leak indicators reflect visible public leak evidence or escalation, which is stronger than a fresh listing alone.
- Country, sector, and company-size metadata can be incomplete. Unknown values are excluded from the public mix views.
- The goal is to explain concentration, escalation, churn, and patterns — not to build a wall of named victims.
Method
- The page uses a fixed seven-day window based on the selected date.
- Only public-facing actor and event records are included.
- Counts and breakdowns are designed for trend review, not incident confirmation.