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Weekly intelligence
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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: 2025-01-10 → 2025-01-16 UTC
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Observed events
121
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
101
83.5% of observed events
Active actors
25
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
7
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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Lynx generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 12.4% of observed events.
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83.5% 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 15 observed events.
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7 observed events in this week intersected with torrent intelligence, which is useful for understanding data-distribution tactics beyond plain leak-site posts.
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1 tracked leak sites were still online as of the report date snapshot, giving useful context on current ecosystem churn and monitoring pressure.
Coverage snapshot
As of 2025-01-16 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
25
Leak sites online near report date
1
Threat actor profiles updated this week
3
Countries represented this week
32
Sectors represented this week
56
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeLynx
15 events · 15 leak indicators
RansomHub
12 events · 8 leak indicators
Akira
9 events · 7 leak indicators
LockBit 3.0
9 events · 9 leak indicators
BlackBasta
8 events · 7 leak indicators
SAFEPAY
8 events · 8 leak indicators
Hunters International
7 events · 7 leak indicators
8BASE
6 events · 6 leak indicators
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 States56
- Lynx9 events · 9 leak indicators
- Akira5 events · 4 leak indicators
- Fog4 events · 0 leak indicators
- Hunters International4 events · 4 leak indicators
- LeakedData4 events · 4 leak indicators
- RansomHub4 events · 4 leak indicators
- BlackBasta3 events · 2 leak indicators
- Qilin3 events · 3 leak indicators
Brazil8
- Akira3 events · 2 leak indicators
- LockBit 3.02 events · 2 leak indicators
- 8BASE1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RansomHub1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Sarcoma1 event · 1 leak indicator
Canada7
- BlackBasta2 events · 2 leak indicators
- INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Everest1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Kairos1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Rhysida1 event · 1 leak indicator
Italy5
- Everest1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Hunters International1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RansomHub1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sarcoma1 event · 1 leak indicator
United Kingdom5
- Lynx2 events · 2 leak indicators
- BlackBasta1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Hunters International1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Medusa1 event · 1 leak indicator
Spain4
- Everest1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LockBit 3.01 event · 1 leak indicator
- RansomHub1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Australia3
- INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
Colombia3
- LockBit 3.01 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Sector mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
Construction15
- Lynx3 events · 3 leak indicators
- BlackBasta2 events · 2 leak indicators
- RansomHub2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Cactus1 event · 1 leak indicator
- CL0P1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Hunters International1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Kairos1 event · 0 leak indicators
Accounting5
- LeakedData2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Kairos1 event · 1 leak indicator
- LockBit 3.01 event · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
Hospitals and Health Care5
- INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RansomHub1 event · 1 leak indicator
IT Services and IT Consulting5
- RansomHub2 events · 1 leak indicator
- CL0P1 event · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Medusa1 event · 1 leak indicator
Food and Beverage Manufacturing4
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Cactus1 event · 1 leak indicator
- LockBit 3.01 event · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
Government Administration4
- Fog1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LockBit 3.01 event · 1 leak indicator
- Medusa1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Law Practice4
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LeakedData1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Wholesale4
- BlackBasta1 event · 1 leak indicator
- LockBit 3.01 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sarcoma1 event · 1 leak indicator
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 51-200 employees 31
- 201-500 employees 26
- 11-50 employees 19
- 1,001-5,000 employees 9
- 501-1,000 employees 8
- 2-10 employees 7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynx | Environmental Services | United States | Data leak | 2025-01-16 |
| Kairos | Accounting | Canada | Data leak | 2025-01-16 |
| SAFEPAY | Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-01-16 |
| Everest | Apparel and Fashion | Spain | Claim only | 2025-01-16 |
| Everest | Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing | Italy | Claim only | 2025-01-16 |
| Everest | Mental Health Care | United States | Claim only | 2025-01-16 |
| Sarcoma | Food and Beverage Services | Brazil | Data leak | 2025-01-16 |
| Sarcoma | Wholesale | United States | Data leak | 2025-01-16 |
| 8BASE | Insurance | United States | Data leak | 2025-01-16 |
| Kill Security | Financial Services | India | Data leak | 2025-01-16 |
| Lynx | Financial Services | France | Data leak | 2025-01-16 |
| Medusa | Facilities Services | United States | Data leak | 2025-01-15 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
Related actor: Hunters International
Information zu Cyber-Angriff
2025-01-14
Trotz umfassender Sicherheitsstandards wurde die Ausgleichskasse Swissmem am Wochenende des 4. und 5. Januar 2025 Opfer eines Cyberangrif…
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) files its Complaint against Ashford Inc. | SEC.gov
2025-01-14
Ashford, a company that provides products and services to the real estate and hospitality industries, made false and misleading disclosures in periodic reports filed with the SEC…
IR 8374 Rev. 1, Ransomware Risk Management: A Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Community Profile | CSRC
2025-01-14
This draft Ransomware Community Profile reflects changes made to the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) from CSF 1.1 to CSF 2.0 which identifies security objectives that support managi…
Schools, the NHS and local councils will be banned from making ransomware payments under government proposals to tackle hackers.
In a crackdown on such cyber-attacks, operators…
TU/e has shut down its network today (Sunday 12 January) due to a cyber-attack. As a result, TU/e's network-bound systems are or will become inaccessible for users for the time be…
Related actor: RansomHub
Community Health Northwest Florida (CHNWF) is open at all 17 locations for patients on Monday, December 30, 2024. Due to a cyberattack last week, most facilities will have limited…
On December 18, 2024, Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, LLC (“HCSS”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after experiencing a recent ran…
Related actor: 3AM
Vergennes, VT – Addison Northwest School District (ANWSD) has recently identified a cybersecurity incident that has impacted some of its systems. The district is working diligentl…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — On Tuesday morning, the Laramie County Library System was the target of a ransomware attack that shut down library servers and immobilized most digital services.…
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.