- Category
- Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Sources
- 4 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0516 · exfilsquad
What it is
ExfilSquad is an emerging data-extortion group that surfaced on July 26, 2026, operating a Tor-hosted Data Leak Site to publicly claim data theft from 15 organizations, including Microsoft. Their model focuses on public exposure and pressure tactics without confirmed encryption, lacking evidence of a Ransomware-as-a-Service structure or specific initial-access methods. The group has not provided forensic evidence or verifiable data samples, raising questions about the credibility of their claims, which may involve reused or fabricated data.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Microsoft
- Storm-3189
Sources
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de