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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: 2025-12-19 → 2025-12-25 UTC
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Observed events
244
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
168
68.9% of observed events
Active actors
35
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
1
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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Qilin generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 25.0% of observed events.
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68.9% 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 13 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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1 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 2025-12-25 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
35
Leak sites online near report date
0
Threat actor profiles updated this week
2
Countries represented this week
42
Sectors represented this week
80
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeQilin
61 events · 31 leak indicators
LockBit 5.0
54 events · 53 leak indicators
SAFEPAY
19 events · 19 leak indicators
Akira
11 events · 4 leak indicators
Devman
11 events · 0 leak indicators
Dire Wolf
10 events · 10 leak indicators
Gentlemen
9 events · 0 leak indicators
Sinobi
9 events · 8 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- Dire Wolf 10 events
- LOCKDOWN 5 events
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States79
- Qilin27 events · 17 leak indicators
- Sinobi8 events · 7 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY7 events · 7 leak indicators
- Akira6 events · 3 leak indicators
- DragonForce4 events · 4 leak indicators
- Lynx3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Anubis2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Everest2 events · 1 leak indicator
Canada11
- Qilin5 events · 2 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- LOCKDOWN1 event · 0 leak indicators
- PLAY1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Germany9
- SAFEPAY4 events · 4 leak indicators
- Qilin3 events · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
Brazil8
- Gentlemen5 events · 0 leak indicators
- Dire Wolf2 events · 2 leak indicators
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
Argentina6
- Qilin3 events · 2 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
Malaysia6
- Dire Wolf3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
- WALocker1 event · 1 leak indicator
United Kingdom6
- Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Anubis1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Devman1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator
Italy4
- Qilin3 events · 2 leak indicators
- INC Ransom1 event · 0 leak indicators
Sector mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
Construction13
- SAFEPAY4 events · 4 leak indicators
- Qilin3 events · 1 leak indicator
- Akira2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi2 events · 2 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
Hospitals and Health Care8
- Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Anubis1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Devman1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LOCKDOWN1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing7
- Qilin3 events · 2 leak indicators
- LOCKDOWN1 event · 0 leak indicators
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator
Law Practice7
- Qilin3 events · 0 leak indicators
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INTERLOCK1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Rhysida1 event · 1 leak indicator
Financial Services6
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Food and Beverage Services6
- Qilin4 events · 1 leak indicator
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
Software Development6
- Everest2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Education Administration Programs5
- Qilin2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Crypto241 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RALord1 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 46
- 201-500 employees 34
- 1,001-5,000 employees 16
- 2-10 employees 14
- 501-1,000 employees 7
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 | Oil and Gas | Thailand | Claim only | 2025-12-25 |
| Qilin | Primary and Secondary Education | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-25 |
| Everest | Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-25 |
| Devman | Movies, Videos and Sound | Finland | Claim only | 2025-12-25 |
| RALord | Software Development | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-25 |
| Qilin | Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing | New Zealand | Claim only | 2025-12-25 |
| Termite | Medical Equipment Manufacturing | Sweden | Data leak | 2025-12-25 |
| Kill Security | E-Learning Providers | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-25 |
| INTERLOCK | Non-profit Organizations | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-24 |
| Qilin | Government Administration | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-24 |
| SAFEPAY | Emergency and Relief Services | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-24 |
| SAFEPAY | Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-24 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
Baker University is providing notice of a recent data security event that may affect the security of information related to certain individuals. This notice provides information a…
Romania's cybersecurity agency confirms a major ransomware attack on the country's water management administration has compromised around 1,000 systems, with work to remediate the…
An Interpol-coordinated initiative called Operation Sentinel led to the arrest of 574 individuals and the recovery of $3 million linked to business email compromise, extortion, an…
Related actor: CL0P
The Clop ransomware gang (also known as Cl0p) is targeting Internet-exposed Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new data theft extortion campaign.
Gladinet CentreStack enabl…
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.