We began by examining a combination of unauthenticated remote code execution and unrestricted file upload / download vulnerabilities in Cleo file transfer software. These vulnerab…
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: 2025-08-20 → 2025-08-26 UTC
Choose a report date
Observed events
154
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
122
79.2% of observed events
Active actors
27
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
6
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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79.2% 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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3 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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6 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 2025-08-26 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
27
Leak sites online near report date
0
Threat actor profiles updated this week
2
Countries represented this week
28
Sectors represented this week
66
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeQilin
27 events · 18 leak indicators
Sinobi
23 events · 22 leak indicators
Akira
14 events · 6 leak indicators
DragonForce
14 events · 14 leak indicators
Cephalus
11 events · 8 leak indicators
SAFEPAY
9 events · 9 leak indicators
PLAY
7 events · 7 leak indicators
Beast
6 events · 0 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- Cephalus 11 events
- Metaencryptor 1 event
- SECUROTROP 1 event
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States92
- Sinobi23 events · 22 leak indicators
- Qilin14 events · 10 leak indicators
- Akira12 events · 5 leak indicators
- Cephalus10 events · 7 leak indicators
- PLAY6 events · 6 leak indicators
- Beast5 events · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce4 events · 4 leak indicators
- INTERLOCK3 events · 3 leak indicators
Germany10
- SAFEPAY5 events · 5 leak indicators
- DragonForce4 events · 4 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Canada7
- Akira2 events · 1 leak indicator
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Kill Security1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Metaencryptor1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
United Kingdom7
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INTERLOCK1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
Australia3
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Italy3
- Qilin2 events · 2 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
Singapore3
- Lynx2 events · 2 leak indicators
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Brazil2
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Global1 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
- Akira4 events · 2 leak indicators
- Qilin4 events · 2 leak indicators
- Sinobi2 events · 2 leak indicators
Hospitals and Health Care9
- Sinobi3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Global2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Beast1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Cephalus1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Law Practice8
- Cephalus3 events · 2 leak indicators
- PLAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Leaknet Blog1 event · 1 leak indicator
Financial Services7
- INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Qilin2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Cephalus1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Kill Security1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing7
- Sinobi3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Akira2 events · 1 leak indicator
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
IT Services and IT Consulting6
- Cephalus1 event · 1 leak indicator
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator
Manufacturing5
- Dire Wolf2 events · 1 leak indicator
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator
Real Estate5
- Sinobi2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Beast1 event · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 11-50 employees 48
- 51-200 employees 48
- 201-500 employees 17
- 2-10 employees 15
- 501-1,000 employees 12
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medusa | Insurance | Georgia | Claim only | 2025-08-26 |
| Lynx | Legal Services | Australia | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
| Lynx | Accounting | United Kingdom | Claim only | 2025-08-26 |
| PLAY | Real Estate | United States | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
| PLAY | Truck Transportation | Canada | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
| PLAY | Beverage Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
| PLAY | Law Practice | United States | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
| PLAY | Law Practice | United States | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
| SAFEPAY | Education Administration Programs | Germany | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
| World Leaks | Electrical Equipment Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
| World Leaks | Textile Manufacturing | Denmark | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
| World Leaks | Education Administration Programs | Canada | Data leak | 2025-08-26 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
Omfattande cyberattack – data kan ha läckt
2025-08-26
Related actor: DATACARRY
Känsliga personuppgifter kan ha läckt efter att systemdataleverantören Miljödata utsatts för en cyberattack.
80 procent av Sveriges kommuner använder leverantören och nu pressa…
State of Nevada in-person services paused following early morning ‘network security incident’
2025-08-25
State agencies are pausing in-person services Monday while they recover from a network outage.
Governor Joe Lombardo’s office made the announcement early Monday morning.
El Ayuntamiento de Elche ha registrado un ataque informático en el día de hoy por el que se encuentra inoperativo el sistema informático municipal. El departamento de Innovación d…
El Ayuntamiento de Cajeme informa que nuestro sistema informático fue objeto de un ataque cibernético, lo que afecta temporalmente los trámites y servicios digitales.
On August 16, 2025, Data I/O Corporation (the “Company”) experienced a ransomware incident (the “Incident”) on certain of its internal IT systems. Upon discovery, the Company prom…
Warlock: From SharePoint Vulnerability Exploit to Enterprise Ransomware | Trend Micro (US)
2025-08-21
Related actor: Warlock
Organizations continue to grapple with increasingly complex cyberthreats, as ransomware groups rapidly evolve their tactics. In a recent attack wave, the Warlock ransomware group…
In a perfect world, such things would happen only when the CISO made explicit errors. In the corporate world, though, scapegoating is tradition.
CISOs have a one in four chance o…
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.