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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: 2025-12-20 → 2025-12-26 UTC
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Observed events
218
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
154
70.6% of observed events
Active actors
34
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
2
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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Qilin generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 25.7% of observed events.
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70.6% 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 11 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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2 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 2025-12-26 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
34
Leak sites online near report date
0
Threat actor profiles updated this week
2
Countries represented this week
43
Sectors represented this week
75
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeQilin
56 events · 28 leak indicators
LockBit 5.0
54 events · 53 leak indicators
Akira
11 events · 4 leak indicators
Dire Wolf
10 events · 10 leak indicators
SAFEPAY
10 events · 10 leak indicators
Devman
7 events · 0 leak indicators
Lynx
7 events · 7 leak indicators
Gentlemen
6 events · 0 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- Dire Wolf 10 events
- LOCKDOWN 5 events
- BQTlock 4 events
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States66
- Qilin25 events · 16 leak indicators
- Akira6 events · 3 leak indicators
- Sinobi6 events · 5 leak indicators
- Lynx4 events · 4 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY4 events · 4 leak indicators
- DragonForce3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Everest2 events · 1 leak indicator
- INTERLOCK2 events · 2 leak indicators
Brazil8
- Gentlemen5 events · 0 leak indicators
- Dire Wolf2 events · 2 leak indicators
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
Canada7
- Qilin4 events · 2 leak indicators
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LOCKDOWN1 event · 0 leak indicators
- PLAY1 event · 0 leak indicators
Malaysia6
- Dire Wolf3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
- WALocker1 event · 1 leak indicator
Germany5
- Qilin3 events · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
Italy5
- Qilin3 events · 2 leak indicators
- Chaos1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 0 leak indicators
United Kingdom5
- Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Anubis1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Devman1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Argentina4
- SAFEPAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Dire Wolf1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
Sector mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
Construction11
- Akira3 events · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin3 events · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi2 events · 2 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Hospitals and Health Care9
- Qilin4 events · 1 leak indicator
- Anubis1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Devman1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LOCKDOWN1 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
Manufacturing5
- Akira2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Leaknet Blog1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing5
- Everest1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LOCKDOWN1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
Education Administration Programs4
- Qilin2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Crypto241 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
Financial Services4
- Akira1 event · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Food and Beverage Services4
- Qilin4 events · 1 leak indicator
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 11-50 employees 37
- 51-200 employees 37
- 201-500 employees 31
- 1,001-5,000 employees 17
- 2-10 employees 10
- 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 | Hospitals and Health Care | Tunisia | Claim only | 2025-12-26 |
| Qilin | Retail | United States | Claim only | 2025-12-26 |
| Qilin | Hospitals and Health Care | United States | Claim only | 2025-12-26 |
| Qilin | Wholesale Building Materials | Canada | Claim only | 2025-12-26 |
| Akira | Industrial Machinery Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-26 |
| Akira | Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-26 |
| Chaos | Plastics Manufacturing | Italy | Data leak | 2025-12-26 |
| Lynx | Accounting | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-26 |
| NightSpire | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | France | Data leak | 2025-12-26 |
| 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 |
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…
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.