SANTEE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Santee paid a ransomware consulting firm over $600,000 to help the city address a “cyber security” incident that impacted its computer servers in lat…
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: 2024-09-21 → 2024-09-27 UTC
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Observed events
71
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
47
66.2% of observed events
Active actors
21
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
3
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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RansomHub generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 15.5% of observed events.
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66.2% 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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Construction was the most represented sector in this window with 6 observed events.
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3 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 2024-09-27 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
21
Leak sites online near report date
0
Threat actor profiles updated this week
0
Countries represented this week
22
Sectors represented this week
47
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeRansomHub
11 events · 11 leak indicators
Akira
7 events · 3 leak indicators
Qilin
6 events · 4 leak indicators
Cactus
5 events · 5 leak indicators
Arcus Media
4 events · 0 leak indicators
Data Leak
4 events · 3 leak indicators
PLAY
4 events · 3 leak indicators
Blacksuit
3 events · 1 leak indicator
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 daysNo newly active actor families were detected using the 30-day lookback rule.
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States33
- RansomHub5 events · 5 leak indicators
- Qilin4 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira3 events · 2 leak indicators
- Cactus3 events · 3 leak indicators
- DragonForce3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Blacksuit2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Cicada33012 events · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx2 events · 2 leak indicators
Brazil6
- Arcus Media4 events · 0 leak indicators
- Data Leak1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RansomHub1 event · 1 leak indicator
Canada6
- Akira2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Data Leak1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Everest1 event · 0 leak indicators
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
United Kingdom3
- Cactus2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Medusa1 event · 1 leak indicator
Belgium2
- Blacksuit1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Kill Security1 event · 0 leak indicators
Japan2
- RansomHub2 events · 2 leak indicators
Sweden2
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- RansomHub1 event · 1 leak indicator
Argentina1
- Trinity1 event · 0 leak indicators
Sector mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
Construction6
- Cactus2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Qilin2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Blacksuit1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing4
- RansomHub2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Arcus Media1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Cactus1 event · 1 leak indicator
Law Practice4
- Qilin2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Cicada33011 event · 1 leak indicator
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
Food and Beverage Manufacturing3
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RansomHub1 event · 1 leak indicator
Software Development3
- Data Leak1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RansomHub1 event · 1 leak indicator
Business Consulting and Services2
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- BianLian1 event · 0 leak indicators
Engineering Services2
- Abyss1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
Food and Beverage Services2
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RansomHub1 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 19
- 201-500 employees 12
- 2-10 employees 6
- 501-1,000 employees 6
- 0-1 employees 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kill Security | Financial Services | Vietnam | Claim only | 2024-09-27 |
| Cactus | Construction | United States | Data leak | 2024-09-27 |
| RansomHub | Industrial Machinery Manufacturing | Japan | Data leak | 2024-09-27 |
| RansomHub | Truck Transportation | Brazil | Data leak | 2024-09-27 |
| RansomHub | Interior Design | Sweden | Data leak | 2024-09-27 |
| RansomHub | Industrial Machinery Manufacturing | Japan | Data leak | 2024-09-27 |
| RansomHub | Legal Services | Poland | Data leak | 2024-09-27 |
| PLAY | Warehousing and Storage | United States | Data leak | 2024-09-26 |
| Rhysida | Education Administration Programs | United States | Data leak | 2024-09-26 |
| Akira | Food and Beverage Manufacturing | Germany | Claim only | 2024-09-26 |
| Lynx | Construction | United States | Data leak | 2024-09-26 |
| Blacksuit | Retail | Belgium | Claim only | 2024-09-26 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
At 6:22 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, an external party temporarily gained access to the City’s servers and attempted to encrypt data files within the network. Automated…
Related actor: INTERLOCK
LUBBOCK, Texas — University Medical Center said ransomware was the cause of the technology issues the facility faced on Thursday. The hospital said it diverted both emergency and…
Storm-0501: Ransomware attacks expanding to hybrid cloud environments | Microsoft Security Blog
2024-09-26
Related actor: Embargo
Microsoft has observed the threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 launching a multi-staged attack where they compromised hybrid cloud environments and performed lateral movement from…
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is undertaking actions as part of a coordinated international effort to disrupt Russian cybercrime services. Treasury’s Financial Crimes…
2023 RTF Global Ransomware Incident Map: Attacks Increase by 73%, Big Game Hunting Appears to Surge
2024-09-26
In 2021, the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) released 48 recommendations that together formed a public-private, unified, whole-of-society approach to tackling the threat of ransomware…
Related actor: CL0P
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) federal agency announced earlier this month that health and personal information of more than three million health plan benefici…
Related actor: RansomHub
Delaware Libraries are experiencing an extended system/internet outage which is affecting library services at some of the public libraries.
A few libraries are closed at this t…
Namebay a été victime d’une cyberattaque avec ransomware, le samedi 21 septembre.
Suite à cette attaque, des investigations ont immédiatement été lancées afin de déceler son am…
Arkansas City water plant hit by cyberattack
2024-09-24
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The City of Arkansas City maintains that drinking water is safe in the city after a cyberattack on Sunday.
Shana Adkisson, communications director with t…
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.