- Category
- Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Sources
- 4 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0568 · ransomvc
What it is
Ransomed.VC burst onto the scene with a well-orchestrated PR campaign, encompassing a clearnet site and multiple communication channels including Telegram and Twitter/X profiles. Their operations are heavily inclined towards exploiting GDPR penalties as a method of extortion, threatening victims with potential legal repercussions in case of data leaks.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Other names
- Ransomed, Ransomed group, Ransomed.vc, RansomedVC, RansomForums
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Xploit
Sources
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de