Urban Linker
Attack Intelligence
Urban Linker was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to qilin in October 2025. The organization, operating in the Technology sector in France, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.
qilin 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.
Urban Linker is a recruitment agency that specializes in sourcing and placing digital and tech professionals. Founded over eight years ago, the company has a strong presence in France with offices in Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, and Bordeaux, and i ...
Intelligence correlations link this incident to 1 vulnerability(ies) including CVE-2026-0257, which may have been leveraged as initial access vectors or for lateral movement.