mountlocker
Intelligence Profile
MountLocker operated as a ransomware-as-a-service from July 2020, using a standard developer/affiliate revenue split and leveraging compromised RDP credentials for initial access, propagating laterally via Windows Active Directory APIs and targeting over 2,600 file extensions.
Threat Analysis
mountlocker 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 mountlocker 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 (19)
CTIWATCH tracks 19 organizations claimed as victims by mountlocker on its data leak site, with attack dates, sectors and countries.
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