RANSOMWARE OPERATION💰 FINANCIAL

Black X

Intelligence Assessment

Black X is a ransomware operation with financial motivation.

Black X has targeted 9 victims in total, with 9 attacks in the last 90 days. Top sectors include Business Services and Energy, with top countries being KR, DE, PH, YE, and ZA.

Outlook

Black X's last attack was on 2026-07-16, indicating the group is currently active. The group has been active in the last 90 days.

Generated by the CTIWATCH analysis pipeline from this actor's tracked data (victims, campaigns, TTPs, activity). Attribution and assessments may be incomplete — verify against primary reporting before acting.

Threat Analysis

Black X is a ransomware operation that deploys encryption-based extortion against organizations globally. This group maintains a data leak site (DLS) to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

Financially motivated threat actors like Black X prioritize monetary gain through methods such as ransomware deployment, banking trojans, cryptocurrency theft, BEC scams, or credential harvesting for resale on underground markets.

Ransomware Victims (11)

CTIWATCH tracks 11 organizations claimed as victims by Black X on its data leak site, with attack dates, sectors and countries.

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Quick Facts

TypeRansomware Operation
Motivation💰 financial

Research Links

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.