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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: 2025-12-21 → 2025-12-27 UTC
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Observed events
220
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
158
71.8% 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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LockBit 5.0 generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 24.1% of observed events.
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71.8% 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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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 2025-12-27 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
42
Sectors represented this week
77
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeLockBit 5.0
53 events · 52 leak indicators
Qilin
50 events · 24 leak indicators
SAFEPAY
19 events · 19 leak indicators
Akira
11 events · 4 leak indicators
Dire Wolf
10 events · 10 leak indicators
Devman
7 events · 0 leak indicators
DragonForce
7 events · 7 leak indicators
Lynx
7 events · 7 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 States63
- Qilin22 events · 15 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY7 events · 7 leak indicators
- Akira6 events · 3 leak indicators
- Sinobi5 events · 4 leak indicators
- Lynx4 events · 4 leak indicators
- DragonForce2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Everest2 events · 1 leak indicator
- INTERLOCK2 events · 2 leak indicators
United Kingdom9
- Qilin3 events · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Anubis1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Devman1 event · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
Brazil8
- Gentlemen5 events · 0 leak indicators
- Dire Wolf2 events · 2 leak indicators
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
Germany6
- Qilin3 events · 1 leak indicator
- Lynx1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Space Bears1 event · 1 leak indicator
Italy6
- Qilin3 events · 2 leak indicators
- Chaos1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 0 leak indicators
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
Canada5
- Qilin3 events · 2 leak indicators
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LOCKDOWN1 event · 0 leak indicators
Malaysia5
- Dire Wolf3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
- WALocker1 event · 1 leak indicator
Spain5
- Devman1 event · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Everest1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- RansomHouse1 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
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi1 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 Manufacturing6
- Qilin2 events · 1 leak indicator
- LOCKDOWN1 event · 0 leak indicators
- RALord1 event · 1 leak indicator
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Sinobi1 event · 1 leak indicator
Food and Beverage Services5
- Qilin4 events · 1 leak indicator
- Morpheus1 event · 0 leak indicators
Hospitality5
- BQTlock4 events · 4 leak indicators
- Cloak1 event · 0 leak indicators
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
- SAFEPAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- 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
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 11-50 employees 37
- 51-200 employees 36
- 201-500 employees 31
- 1,001-5,000 employees 18
- 2-10 employees 12
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFEPAY | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-27 |
| SAFEPAY | Oil and Gas | United Kingdom | Data leak | 2025-12-27 |
| SAFEPAY | Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | Netherlands | Data leak | 2025-12-27 |
| SAFEPAY | Accounting | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-27 |
| SAFEPAY | Civic and Social Organizations | United States | Data leak | 2025-12-27 |
| SAFEPAY | Wholesale | United Kingdom | Data leak | 2025-12-27 |
| Cloak | Hospitality | United States | Claim only | 2025-12-27 |
| Qilin | Real Estate | Poland | Claim only | 2025-12-27 |
| Qilin | Food and Beverage Services | United Kingdom | Claim only | 2025-12-27 |
| DragonForce | Medical Practice | Spain | Data leak | 2025-12-27 |
| DragonForce | Retail Apparel and Fashion | United Kingdom | Data leak | 2025-12-27 |
| DragonForce | Automotive | Guatemala | Data leak | 2025-12-27 |
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.