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: 2025-11-22 → 2025-11-28 UTC

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Observed events

152

Public claims in the selected week

Data leak indicators

63.8% of observed events

Active actors

Distinct groups with observed activity

Torrent-linked events

Events intersecting with torrent intelligence

What changed this week?

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Qilin generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 30.3% of observed events.

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63.8% 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 9 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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16 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 2025-11-28 UTC.

Leak sites observed this week

Leak sites online near report date

Threat actor profiles updated this week

Countries represented this week

Sectors represented this week

Top active actors

By observed claim volume

Qilin

46 events · 25 leak indicators

Akira

28 events · 17 leak indicators

INC Ransom

11 events · 9 leak indicators

Sinobi

9 events · 9 leak indicators

Gentlemen

8 events · 0 leak indicators

Payouts King

5 events · 3 leak indicators

Everest

4 events · 3 leak indicators

PLAY

4 events · 4 leak indicators

Emerging or resurfacing actors

No matching activity in prior 30 days

Benzona 2 events
Blackout 1 event

Country mix

Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.

United States75

Qilin26 events · 15 leak indicators
Akira23 events · 14 leak indicators
Sinobi7 events · 7 leak indicators
Anubis2 events · 0 leak indicators
INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
INTERLOCK2 events · 2 leak indicators
Payouts King2 events · 2 leak indicators
PLAY2 events · 2 leak indicators

Canada16

Qilin6 events · 3 leak indicators
INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
PLAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
Rhysida2 events · 2 leak indicators
Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
CiphBit1 event · 1 leak indicator
Everest1 event · 1 leak indicator
Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator

Germany8

Qilin3 events · 1 leak indicator
SAFEPAY2 events · 1 leak indicator
BrotherHood1 event · 0 leak indicators
INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
Payouts King1 event · 1 leak indicator

United Kingdom4

Qilin3 events · 1 leak indicator
Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators

Austria3

INC Ransom2 events · 2 leak indicators
Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator

Mexico3

Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
Tengu1 event · 1 leak indicator

Spain3

Everest2 events · 2 leak indicators
Rhysida1 event · 1 leak indicator

Brazil2

Medusa1 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.

Construction9

Akira3 events · 1 leak indicator
Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
Payouts King1 event · 1 leak indicator
Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator
Tengu1 event · 0 leak indicators

Legal Services6

Akira2 events · 1 leak indicator
Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
SAFEPAY2 events · 1 leak indicator

Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing5

Qilin3 events · 0 leak indicators
INC Ransom1 event · 0 leak indicators
RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator

Hospitals and Health Care5

Anubis1 event · 0 leak indicators
Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
PEAR1 event · 1 leak indicator
Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Rhysida1 event · 1 leak indicator

Real Estate5

Qilin4 events · 2 leak indicators
SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator

Government Administration4

Qilin4 events · 0 leak indicators

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing4

Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator

IT Services and IT Consulting4

INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator

Organization size bands

Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.

11-50 employees 41
51-200 employees 33
201-500 employees 23
501-1,000 employees 14
2-10 employees 12
1,001-5,000 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	Education	United States	Data leak	2025-11-28
Medusa	Primary and Secondary Education	United States	Data leak	2025-11-28
Qilin	Government Administration	United States	Claim only	2025-11-28
Qilin	Public Relations and Communications Services	United States	Data leak	2025-11-28
Qilin	Accounting	United States	Claim only	2025-11-28
Qilin	Retail	United States	Claim only	2025-11-28
Akira	Restaurants	United States	Data leak	2025-11-28
Akira	Vehicle Repair and Maintenance	United States	Data leak	2025-11-28
Akira	Design Services	United States	Data leak	2025-11-28
Gentlemen	Mental Health Care	United States	Claim only	2025-11-28
Akira	Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing	United States	Claim only	2025-11-28
Akira	Industrial Machinery Manufacturing	United States	Claim only	2025-11-28

News and research context

Recent articles from the same time window.

No news articles were stored for this reporting window.

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.