Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements, South Africa

Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements, South Africa was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to NIGHTSPIRE in November 2025. The organization, operating in the Government sector in South Africa, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

NIGHTSPIRE operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.