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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: 2025-07-04 → 2025-07-10 UTC
Choose a report date
Observed events
121
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
94
77.7% of observed events
Active actors
28
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
5
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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Payouts King generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 9.9% of observed events.
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77.7% 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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Construction was the most represented sector in this window with 7 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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5 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 2025-07-10 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
28
Leak sites online near report date
0
Threat actor profiles updated this week
2
Countries represented this week
29
Sectors represented this week
59
Top active actors
By observed claim volumePayouts King
12 events · 12 leak indicators
SAFEPAY
12 events · 12 leak indicators
INC Ransom
11 events · 11 leak indicators
Qilin
10 events · 8 leak indicators
World Leaks
10 events · 9 leak indicators
D4RK4RMY
8 events · 5 leak indicators
Akira
7 events · 5 leak indicators
PLAY
7 events · 7 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- Payouts King 12 events
- D4RK4RMY 8 events
- Devman 4 events
- SatanLock 4 events
- Arcus Media 3 events
- Cicada3301 2 events
- Ransomed 2 events
- Sinobi 1 event
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States60
- SAFEPAY8 events · 8 leak indicators
- INC Ransom7 events · 7 leak indicators
- PLAY7 events · 7 leak indicators
- Payouts King6 events · 6 leak indicators
- Akira5 events · 5 leak indicators
- Qilin4 events · 4 leak indicators
- World Leaks4 events · 3 leak indicators
- DragonForce3 events · 3 leak indicators
Italy10
- Qilin3 events · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Payouts King2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Crypto241 event · 1 leak indicator
- SatanLock1 event · 0 leak indicators
Germany5
- World Leaks3 events · 3 leak indicators
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Payouts King1 event · 1 leak indicator
Brazil4
- D4RK4RMY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Ransomed1 event · 0 leak indicators
United Kingdom4
- SAFEPAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Canada3
- Arcus Media1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Payouts King1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
China2
- CL0P1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Devman1 event · 1 leak indicator
India2
- WALocker1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 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
- PLAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- World Leaks2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- D4RK4RMY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Kraken1 event · 0 leak indicators
Hospitals and Health Care6
- World Leaks2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Payouts King1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SatanLock1 event · 0 leak indicators
Manufacturing6
- D4RK4RMY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Payouts King1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- WALocker1 event · 1 leak indicator
Advertising Services4
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- D4RK4RMY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Kraken1 event · 0 leak indicators
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Hospitality4
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
IT Services and IT Consulting4
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Law Practice4
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sarcoma1 event · 0 leak indicators
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Telecommunications4
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- IMN Crew1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SatanLock1 event · 0 leak indicators
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 51-200 employees 41
- 11-50 employees 24
- 201-500 employees 17
- 501-1,000 employees 9
- 1,001-5,000 employees 6
- 2-10 employees 6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qilin | Food and Beverage Services | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-10 |
| Qilin | Wholesale Building Materials | Denmark | Data leak | 2025-07-10 |
| Cicada3301 | Research | United States | Claim only | 2025-07-10 |
| INC Ransom | Individual and Family Services | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-10 |
| Qilin | Law Practice | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-10 |
| INC Ransom | Non-profit Organizations | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-10 |
| Qilin | Electric Power Generation | Italy | Claim only | 2025-07-10 |
| INC Ransom | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-10 |
| Qilin | Telecommunications | Mexico | Data leak | 2025-07-10 |
| Qilin | Hospitals and Health Care | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-10 |
| Akira | Packaging and Containers Manufacturing | Sweden | Claim only | 2025-07-10 |
| Akira | Construction | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-10 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
Related actor: DragonForce
Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op.
The National Crime Agency says a 20 year old woman was arr…
Flutter investigates UK player data breach
2025-07-09
Flutter Entertainment has initiated an internal investigation after customer data was leaked from its Paddy Power and Betfair products.
iGB understands “a significant part” of…
Related actor: PAY2KEY
Morphisec’s threat research team has uncovered the revival of Pay2Key, an Iranian-backed ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, now operating as Pay2Key.I2P. Linked to the noto…
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Extend AS forventer at denne informasjonen vil bli publisert på «det mørk…
Related actor: BERT
In April, a new ransomware group known as BERT, has been observed targeting organizations across Asia and Europe. Trend™ Research telemetry has confirmed the emergence and activit…
Related actor: SAFEPAY
An ongoing outage at IT giant Ingram Micro is caused by a SafePay ransomware attack that led to the shutdown of internal systems, BleepingComputer has learned.
Ingram Micro is…
A systems breach at Louis Vuitton, opens new tab Korea in June led to the leak of some of customer data including contact information, but did not involve customers' financial inf…
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.