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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: 2025-07-12 → 2025-07-18 UTC
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Observed events
119
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
92
77.3% 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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INC Ransom generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 14.3% of observed events.
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77.3% 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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1 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 2025-07-18 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
26
Leak sites online near report date
1
Threat actor profiles updated this week
3
Countries represented this week
28
Sectors represented this week
59
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeINC Ransom
17 events · 14 leak indicators
Qilin
17 events · 11 leak indicators
Akira
15 events · 8 leak indicators
DragonForce
8 events · 8 leak indicators
SAFEPAY
8 events · 8 leak indicators
World Leaks
7 events · 7 leak indicators
Cicada3301
6 events · 6 leak indicators
BlackByte
4 events · 0 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- 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 States52
- Qilin13 events · 9 leak indicators
- Akira6 events · 2 leak indicators
- DragonForce6 events · 6 leak indicators
- PLAY4 events · 4 leak indicators
- World Leaks4 events · 4 leak indicators
- INTERLOCK3 events · 3 leak indicators
- BlackByte2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Cicada33012 events · 2 leak indicators
Canada11
- INC Ransom6 events · 3 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Kraken1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Nitrogen1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sarcoma1 event · 1 leak indicator
United Kingdom6
- BlackByte2 events · 0 leak indicators
- World Leaks2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
Brazil5
- Cicada33013 events · 3 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
Italy5
- Akira3 events · 2 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 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
Australia3
- INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
France3
- Cicada33011 event · 1 leak indicator
- 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
- Global1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INTERLOCK1 event · 1 leak indicator
- WALocker1 event · 1 leak indicator
Accounting6
- INC Ransom2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Cicada33011 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Construction6
- DragonForce2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Cicada33011 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Retail6
- INC Ransom3 events · 3 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Nitrogen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
IT Services and IT Consulting5
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Legal Services5
- Qilin2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Cicada33011 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Kraken1 event · 0 leak indicators
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing4
- INTERLOCK1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Law Practice4
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- INTERLOCK1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 51-200 employees 34
- 11-50 employees 31
- 2-10 employees 11
- 201-500 employees 10
- 1,001-5,000 employees 9
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC Ransom | Retail | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| INTERLOCK | Government Administration | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| SAFEPAY | Industrial Automation | Canada | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| INTERLOCK | Industrial Machinery Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| INTERLOCK | Law Practice | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| World Leaks | IT Services and IT Consulting | United Kingdom | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| World Leaks | Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| World Leaks | Machinery Manufacturing | Spain | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| Cicada3301 | Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| Cicada3301 | Construction | United States | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| Cicada3301 | Truck Transportation | Brazil | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
| Akira | Plastics Manufacturing | Canada | Data leak | 2025-07-18 |
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.