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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: 2025-05-23 → 2025-05-29 UTC
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Observed events
139
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
109
78.4% of observed events
Active actors
37
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
9
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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SAFEPAY generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 15.1% of observed events.
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78.4% 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 10 observed events.
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8 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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9 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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3 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 2025-05-29 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
37
Leak sites online near report date
3
Threat actor profiles updated this week
0
Countries represented this week
38
Sectors represented this week
64
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeSAFEPAY
21 events · 20 leak indicators
Qilin
19 events · 10 leak indicators
Devman
17 events · 14 leak indicators
Akira
11 events · 9 leak indicators
PLAY
8 events · 8 leak indicators
Dire Wolf
6 events · 5 leak indicators
Apos Security
4 events · 4 leak indicators
Data Leak
4 events · 4 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- Devman 17 events
- Dire Wolf 6 events
- Apos Security 4 events
- 3AM 1 event
- Chaos 1 event
- CiphBit 1 event
- FSOCIETY 1 event
- MedusaLocker 1 event
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States55
- Qilin12 events · 8 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY12 events · 11 leak indicators
- PLAY5 events · 5 leak indicators
- Akira4 events · 4 leak indicators
- Data Leak3 events · 3 leak indicators
- World Leaks3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Blacksuit2 events · 2 leak indicators
- INTERLOCK2 events · 2 leak indicators
Italy7
- Kill Security2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Arcus Media1 event · 0 leak indicators
- DATACARRY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Devman1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
Canada5
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Data Leak1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Spain5
- Akira2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Apos Security1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Devman1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Brazil4
- Gunra2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Devman1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Rhysida1 event · 1 leak indicator
Germany4
- SAFEPAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
South Africa4
- Devman3 events · 2 leak indicators
- Everest1 event · 0 leak indicators
Australia3
- Apos Security1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Dire Wolf1 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.
Construction10
- Data Leak2 events · 2 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Apos Security1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Embargo1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Kill Security1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Government Administration5
- Devman2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Cloak1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Hunters International1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Legal Services5
- SAFEPAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- FSOCIETY1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Gunra1 event · 0 leak indicators
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage5
- Akira2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Data Leak1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Devman1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
Financial Services4
- Arkana1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Kill Security1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Leaknet Blog1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Hospitality4
- Blacksuit1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Medusa1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing4
- Kill Security1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Rhysida1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
Law Practice4
- 3AM1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 51-200 employees 47
- 11-50 employees 22
- 1,001-5,000 employees 13
- 501-1,000 employees 13
- 201-500 employees 12
- 2-10 employees 11
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 | Software Development | Germany | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| SAFEPAY | Construction | United States | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| SAFEPAY | Farming | Spain | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| SAFEPAY | Financial Services | United States | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| Leaknet Blog | Financial Services | Mauritius | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| Apos Security | Construction | Spain | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| Apos Security | Photography | Australia | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| Qilin | Telecommunications | France | Claim only | 2025-05-29 |
| Akira | Construction | United States | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| Leaknet Blog | Oil and Gas | United States | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| Akira | Machinery Manufacturing | Spain | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
| Devman | Environmental Services | Singapore | Data leak | 2025-05-29 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
Some Australian businesses must now report to the government if they have paid a ransom after being extorted during a ransomware attack, under a new law which takes effect from Fr…
Related actor: INTERLOCK
The Interlock ransomware gang is deploying a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) named NodeSnake against educational institutes for persistent access to corporate n…
Yesterday, the Information Technology team at Covenant Health detected a data security issue has necessitated a temporary system outage. We are continuing to see patients for offi…
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a data broker that collects and uses consumers’ personal data to help its paying corporate customers detect possible risk and fraud, has disclosed a dat…
Wie jetzt bekannt wurde, haben die Arcona-Hotels am Freitag letzter Woche Unregelmäßigkeiten an einzelnen IT-Systemen festgestellt. Aktuellen Erkenntnissen zufolge sind die arcona…
Related actor: RobinHoodLeaks
An Iranian national has pleaded guilty to participating in the Robbinhood ransomware operation, which was used to breach the networks, steal data, and encrypt devices of U.S. citi…
DragonForce actors target SimpleHelp vulnerabilities to attack MSP, customers - Sophos News
2025-05-27
Related actor: DragonForce
Sophos MDR recently responded to a targeted attack involving a Managed Service Provider (MSP). In this incident, a threat actor gained access to the MSP’s remote monitoring and ma…
Related actor: SAFEPAY
Earlier this year, DCSO was made aware of a security incident at one of our clients that was part of a ransomware campaign by the actor SafePay. While there is limited reporting o…
MathWorks experienced a ransomware attack. We have notified federal law enforcement of this matter. The attack affected our IT systems. Some of our online applications used by cus…
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.