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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: 2025-07-11 → 2025-07-17 UTC
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Observed events
114
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
89
78.1% of observed events
Active actors
26
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
8
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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Qilin generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 17.5% of observed events.
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78.1% 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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Government Administration was the most represented sector in this window with 7 observed events.
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2 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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8 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 2025-07-17 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
26
Leak sites online near report date
1
Threat actor profiles updated this week
1
Countries represented this week
29
Sectors represented this week
57
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeQilin
20 events · 16 leak indicators
INC Ransom
17 events · 14 leak indicators
Akira
14 events · 8 leak indicators
DragonForce
8 events · 8 leak indicators
PLAY
7 events · 7 leak indicators
SAFEPAY
7 events · 7 leak indicators
BlackByte
5 events · 0 leak indicators
Lynx
4 events · 4 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- BlackByte 5 events
- Money Message 1 event
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States53
- Qilin15 events · 13 leak indicators
- Akira7 events · 3 leak indicators
- PLAY7 events · 7 leak indicators
- DragonForce6 events · 6 leak indicators
- BlackByte3 events · 0 leak indicators
- INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
- TeamXXX2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Everest1 event · 1 leak indicator
Canada9
- INC Ransom6 events · 3 leak indicators
- Kraken1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Nitrogen1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sarcoma1 event · 1 leak indicator
Italy5
- Akira3 events · 2 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
United Kingdom5
- BlackByte2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Brazil4
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Cicada33011 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
Germany4
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Payouts King1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Australia2
- INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
France2
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
Sector mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
Government Administration7
- Qilin2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Devman1 event · 1 leak indicator
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Global1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- WALocker1 event · 1 leak indicator
Accounting6
- INC Ransom2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Law Practice6
- Akira2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Qilin2 events · 2 leak indicators
- TeamXXX1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
IT Services and IT Consulting5
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Retail5
- INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Nitrogen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
Construction4
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
Legal Services4
- Qilin2 events · 2 leak indicators
- INC Ransom1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Kraken1 event · 0 leak indicators
Real Estate4
- PLAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Devman1 event · 1 leak indicator
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 11-50 employees 31
- 51-200 employees 28
- 2-10 employees 14
- 201-500 employees 11
- 1,001-5,000 employees 10
- 10,001+ employees 5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira | Printing Services | Sweden | Claim only | 2025-07-17 |
| Qilin | Financial Services | Curacao | Data leak | 2025-07-17 |
| Akira | Food and Beverage Services | United Kingdom | Data leak | 2025-07-17 |
| Akira | Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage | Brazil | Data leak | 2025-07-17 |
| Akira | Law Practice | United States | Claim only | 2025-07-17 |
| Akira | Environmental Services | United States | Claim only | 2025-07-17 |
| INC Ransom | Non-profit Organizations | Belgium | Data leak | 2025-07-17 |
| INC Ransom | Computer Hardware | Sweden | Data leak | 2025-07-17 |
| INC Ransom | Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing | United Kingdom | Data leak | 2025-07-17 |
| INC Ransom | Retail | Singapore | Data leak | 2025-07-17 |
| INC Ransom | Veterinary Services | Australia | Data leak | 2025-07-17 |
| INC Ransom | Accounting | Australia | Data leak | 2025-07-17 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
Ransomware in focus: Meet Qilin
2025-07-17
Related actor: Qilin
Qilin is a financially-motivated cybercriminal group first observed in the beginning of July 2022 as Agenda ransomware. The group rebranded as Qilin in September of the same year…
Downloading the Phobos/8Base Decryption Tool
2025-07-17
Related actor: 8BASE
The Japanese Police has developed the tool to decrypt data encrypted by the Phobos/8Base #ransomware. The tool can be downloaded from the NPA's website and is free to use for ever…
Related actor: Rhysida
Cookeville Regional Medical Center discovered a network security incident where an unauthorized party gained access to CRMC‘s network.
CRMC‘s Information System (IS) Security t…
Arrestato leader di gang di hacker specializzata in attacchi ransomware: riscatti in Cryptovaluta
2025-07-14
La Polizia di Stato ha arrestato il leader di una gang hacker romena specializzata in attacchi ransomware, grazie a un'operazione congiunta con Francia e Romania. L'indagine, cond…
SGI Seoul Guarantee said on the 14th, "As a result of close cooperation with relevant professional organizations and experts such as the Financial Security Institute, we suspect t…
Related actor: SAFEPAY
In a recent incident response, our Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) team discovered that SafePay ransomware had been deployed on the victim’s machines. The first con…
Bitcoin Depot, Inc., a prominent cryptocurrency ATM operator, has disclosed a data breach that compromised the personal information of approximately 27,000 users.
The breach, w…
A Nottingham university says its servers have been hit by a cyber attack. Nottingham Trent University (NTU) reported the "cyber security incident" on Friday (July 11) morning.…
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.