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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: 2025-05-09 → 2025-05-15 UTC
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Observed events
82
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
68
82.9% of observed events
Active actors
23
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
5
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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SAFEPAY generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 19.5% of observed events.
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82.9% 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 7 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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5 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 2025-05-15 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
23
Leak sites online near report date
1
Threat actor profiles updated this week
3
Countries represented this week
21
Sectors represented this week
43
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeSAFEPAY
16 events · 16 leak indicators
PLAY
11 events · 11 leak indicators
Akira
8 events · 5 leak indicators
NightSpire
7 events · 7 leak indicators
J Group
5 events · 0 leak indicators
LeakedData
5 events · 5 leak indicators
Qilin
5 events · 4 leak indicators
Medusa
4 events · 4 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- J Group 5 events
- Stormous 4 events
- Embargo 1 event
- Kraken 1 event
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States35
- PLAY8 events · 8 leak indicators
- Akira5 events · 3 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY5 events · 5 leak indicators
- Medusa4 events · 4 leak indicators
- Qilin3 events · 3 leak indicators
- DragonForce2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Blacksuit1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Everest1 event · 0 leak indicators
Canada6
- PLAY3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Kraken1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
Germany5
- SAFEPAY5 events · 5 leak indicators
Brazil4
- Gunra1 event · 0 leak indicators
- J Group1 event · 0 leak indicators
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Rhysida1 event · 1 leak indicator
Spain4
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Stormous1 event · 1 leak indicator
Czech Republic2
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
France2
- J Group1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Singapore2
- Embargo1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
Sector mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
Construction7
- Akira2 events · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Medusa1 event · 1 leak indicator
Accounting4
- SAFEPAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
Financial Services4
- NightSpire2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- J Group1 event · 0 leak indicators
IT Services and IT Consulting4
- Medusa2 events · 2 leak indicators
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Law Practice4
- Akira3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Kairos1 event · 0 leak indicators
Food and Beverage Manufacturing3
- PLAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Rhysida1 event · 1 leak indicator
Government Administration3
- Blacksuit1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing3
- SAFEPAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Kraken1 event · 0 leak indicators
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 51-200 employees 22
- 11-50 employees 19
- 201-500 employees 12
- 2-10 employees 6
- 501-1,000 employees 4
- 1,001-5,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFEPAY | Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| SAFEPAY | Services for Renewable Energy | United States | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| SAFEPAY | Automotive | Spain | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| Qilin | Software Development | France | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| Akira | Law Practice | United States | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| Qilin | Accounting | Australia | Claim only | 2025-05-15 |
| Stormous | Hospitality | Philippines | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| Blacksuit | Government Administration | United States | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| NightSpire | Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing | Spain | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| NightSpire | Education Management | United States | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| NightSpire | Accounting | United Kingdom | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
| NightSpire | Retail | Brazil | Data leak | 2025-05-15 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
A new study led by researchers from Michigan State University, Yale University and Johns Hopkins University reveals that ransomware attacks—which involve a hacker putting encrypti…
Ransomware gangs have joined ongoing SAP NetWeaver attacks, exploiting a maximum-severity vulnerability that allows threat actors to gain remote code execution on vulnerable serve…
Nucor Corp. - Form 8-K | SEC.gov
2025-05-14
Nucor Corporation (the “Company”) recently identified a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized third party access to certain information technology systems used by the Comp…
Horizon Behavioral Health (“Horizon”) is writing to share with you that Horizon, like many other organizations around the country, has been the victim of a criminal cybersecurity…
Marks & Spencer has revealed that the contact details and date of births of some customers has been stolen in the recent cyber attack which continues to disrupt its services.
S…
The Alabama Office of Information Technology is responding to a disruptive cybersecurity “event” after noticing abnormal network activity last week, the office announced Monday.…
Related actor: DoppelPaymer
Moldovan authorities have arrested a 45-year-old man suspected of involvement in a series of ransomware attacks targeting Dutch companies in 2021.
Among the attacks the suspect…
UK cyber insurance claims in 2024 down YOY but still up on earlier years: Marsh - Reinsurance News
2025-05-12
However, on a positive note, ransomware claims in 2024 have declined by 31% compared to 2023. Marsh attributes this decline to the increase in law enforcement activity, stricter g…
Nella notte dell’8 maggio, si è registrata una interruzione dei servizi informatici di Ateneo. A seguito delle operazioni di verifica effettuate già nella notte e proseguite per 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.