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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: 2026-03-20 → 2026-03-26 UTC
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Observed events
172
Public claims in the selected week
Data leak indicators
112
65.1% of observed events
Active actors
27
Distinct groups with observed activity
Torrent-linked events
13
Events intersecting with torrent intelligence
What changed this week?
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Qilin generated the highest visible claim volume this week, representing 22.1% of observed events.
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65.1% 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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13 observed events in this week intersected with torrent intelligence, which is useful for understanding data-distribution tactics beyond plain leak-site posts.
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1 tracked leak sites were still online as of the report date snapshot, giving useful context on current ecosystem churn and monitoring pressure.
Coverage snapshot
As of 2026-03-26 UTC.
Leak sites observed this week
27
Leak sites online near report date
1
Threat actor profiles updated this week
3
Countries represented this week
36
Sectors represented this week
81
Top active actors
By observed claim volumeQilin
38 events · 16 leak indicators
Gentlemen
22 events · 0 leak indicators
Akira
20 events · 18 leak indicators
DragonForce
14 events · 13 leak indicators
NightSpire
11 events · 9 leak indicators
INC Ransom
9 events · 8 leak indicators
World Leaks
9 events · 9 leak indicators
PLAY
8 events · 8 leak indicators
Emerging or resurfacing actors
No matching activity in prior 30 days- BlackNevas 5 events
- MNT6 2 events
Country mix
Share of weekly events across the last 12 reporting windows. Click to expand top actors for this week.
United States79
- Qilin15 events · 6 leak indicators
- Akira12 events · 10 leak indicators
- DragonForce10 events · 10 leak indicators
- PLAY8 events · 8 leak indicators
- World Leaks7 events · 7 leak indicators
- INC Ransom6 events · 5 leak indicators
- NightSpire4 events · 4 leak indicators
- ShinyHunters3 events · 3 leak indicators
France9
- Qilin5 events · 2 leak indicators
- Gentlemen2 events · 0 leak indicators
- NightSpire2 events · 1 leak indicator
Germany5
- Akira3 events · 3 leak indicators
- Kairos1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
South Africa5
- Gentlemen2 events · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 0 leak indicators
Thailand5
- Gentlemen2 events · 0 leak indicators
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
India4
- BlackNevas2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
Japan4
- Gentlemen3 events · 0 leak indicators
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Spain4
- Qilin2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Payload1 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
- DragonForce2 events · 2 leak indicators
- PLAY2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- LockBit 5.01 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Payload1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Financial Services9
- DragonForce2 events · 2 leak indicators
- CipherForce1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
- ShinyHunters1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing7
- Akira2 events · 2 leak indicators
- Embargo1 event · 1 leak indicator
- INC Ransom1 event · 0 leak indicators
- MNT61 event · 1 leak indicator
- Payload1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
Law Practice6
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- LeakedData1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Real Estate6
- Qilin3 events · 2 leak indicators
- Payouts King1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- World Leaks1 event · 1 leak indicator
Hospitality5
- DragonForce2 events · 1 leak indicator
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- NightSpire1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing5
- Gentlemen2 events · 0 leak indicators
- Akira1 event · 1 leak indicator
- BlackNevas1 event · 0 leak indicators
- Qilin1 event · 1 leak indicator
Manufacturing5
- DragonForce1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Gentlemen1 event · 0 leak indicators
- INC Ransom1 event · 1 leak indicator
- PLAY1 event · 1 leak indicator
- Qilin1 event · 0 leak indicators
Organization size bands
Share of weekly events by employee-size group across the last 12 reporting windows.
- 51-200 employees 52
- 11-50 employees 44
- 201-500 employees 18
- 1,001-5,000 employees 14
- 501-1,000 employees 14
- 2-10 employees 6
Notable actor profile updates
Active actor records only.
New ransom note observed
Exitium
2026-03-24 UTC
Adding ransom note
New actor infrastructure / contact channel
CipherForce
2026-03-26 UTC
Adding additional TOX ID
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Construction | United States | Data leak | 2026-03-26 |
| Lynx | Medical Practice | United States | Data leak | 2026-03-26 |
| DragonForce | Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2026-03-26 |
| Qilin | Information Technology and Services | Italy | Data leak | 2026-03-26 |
| Embargo | Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing | United States | Data leak | 2026-03-26 |
| PLAY | Construction | United States | Data leak | 2026-03-26 |
| INC Ransom | Law Practice | United States | Data leak | 2026-03-26 |
| Qilin | Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage | Portugal | Claim only | 2026-03-26 |
| Qilin | Wholesale Motor Vehicles and Parts | Spain | Claim only | 2026-03-26 |
| BlackNevas | Luxury Goods and Jewelry | United States | Data leak | 2026-03-26 |
| BlackNevas | Insurance | Hong Kong | Claim only | 2026-03-26 |
| BlackNevas | Mining | India | Claim only | 2026-03-26 |
News and research context
Recent articles from the same time window.
A Russian national has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting that the phishing botnet he managed was used to launch BitPaymer ransomware attacks against 72 U.S. co…
Related actor: Yanluowang
A Russian national was sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to acting as an initial access broker (IAB) for Yanluowang ransomware attacks.
As 26-year-old…
Extortion Group Claims It Hacked AstraZeneca
2026-03-24
Related actor: LAPSUS$
The hackers say they exfiltrated multiple types of sensitive enterprise data from AstraZeneca, including credentials and tokens, internal code repositories, and employee data.…
Related actor: INTERLOCK
ESETresearch detected a recent intrusion at a ????????University of Warsaw consistent with #Interlock ransomware gang. Thanks to early warning from our experts and the university'…
The educational services company Kaplan told state regulators last week that at least 230,000 people had Social Security and driver’s license numbers leaked following a cybersecur…
On or about March 2, 2026, Heritage Financial Corporation (the "Company") detected a cybersecurity incident involving an internal file share server used by employees and the exfil…
Foster City warned that it is possible the hackers obtained public information, urging anyone that has done business with the city to change personal passwords and take measures t…
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.