ransomed
Intelligence Profile
RansomedVC was a short-lived extortion group active from August to November 2023 that claimed high-profile victims including Sony, innovating by threatening GDPR regulatory fines as an additional extortion lever; it briefly operated as a RaaS before shutting down in an apparent exit scam following reported arrests of six members.
Threat Analysis
ransomed 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 ransomed 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 (68)
CTIWATCH tracks 68 organizations claimed as victims by ransomed on its data leak site, with attack dates, sectors and countries.
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