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Data Extortion & Leaks

Data-extortion actors steal data and threaten to publish or sell it unless the victim pays, even without deploying ransomware.
33178tracked breaches

Groups using this method

LockBit 3418Qilin 2398Akira 1638Clop 1368Play 1329The Gentlemen 1058INC Ransom 998RansomHub 833ALPHV 727DragonForce 668SafePay 601Black Basta 522Medusa 515BianLian 5078Base 448Everest 424Lynx 415NightSpire 373Conti 351Dispossessor 344PYSA 308Hunters 305Rhysida 301KillSec 285
+336 more groups
Sinobi 274Cactus 247RansomHouse 217Coinbase Cartel 213Royal 211Hive 208Stormous 190Fog 189Vice Society 188Devman 183BlackSuit 183Babuk2 178Nova 175World Leaks 175ShinyHunters 174Handala 172FunkSec 170Cloak 168SilentRansomGroup 164Krybit 164Space Bears 159APT73 156BlackByte 147Avaddon 146Meow 144Malas 144Direwolf 142Sarcoma 142Snatch 142Interlock 139Pear 129Ragnar Locker 128N0n 125NoEscape 124Genesis 122Settra 121RA World 120Payoutsking 119Arcus Media 117Anubis 117Storm 116Monti 110Toufan 110ElDorado 109Deadlock 106Kairos 103Cuba 103Medusalocker 102Threeam 101Chaos 98BrainCipher 91Abyss 91Revil 89Ransomexx 84Warlock 78Lorenz 78Payload 76Cicada3301 75Beast 74Karakurt 74Avoslocker 70Ransomed 68Quantum 68Orova 67Blacklock 64Lv 63Metaencryptor 61Termite 61AuditTeam 59Insomnia 58Flocker 58Global Secret Group 55Darkvault 55Gunra 54Losttrust 53Maze 51Aurora 50Blacknevas 50AiLock 50Nitrogen 49Leakeddata 49Tengu 49Trigona 49Lamashtu 48Mallox 48Crypto24 47Knight 47Dark Project 46M3rx 45Midas 44Wallstreet 43Cmdorganization 43Emperador 42Panzer 42Donutleaks 42Majinahanashi 41Securotrop 41Embargo 41Crpx0 41Blackshrantac 41J 41Dragonransomware 39Darkleakmarket 39Global 38Moneymessage 37CRPxO 37Ciphbit 36Helldown 36Nokoyawa 36Arvinclub 35Spook 35Obscura 33dAn0n 33Booba Project 32Suncrypt 32Marketo 32Blackmatter 32Bravox 31Zawoo 31Alphalocker 30Frag 30Fulcrumsec 29Payloadbin 29L Group 28Onyx 28Titan 27Unsafe 26Kazu 26Werewolves 26Kelvinsecurity 26Netwalker 26Lapsus$ 25Vect 25Kraken 25Underground 25Vexy Ransomware 24Morpheus 24Vexy 23ShadowByt3$ 23Doppelpaymer 23Radar 22Ryuk 22Eclipse 21Daixin 21Xinglocker 21Black X 20Hellcat 20Leaktheanalyst 20Booba Team 19Cephalus 19Siegedsec 19Ralord 19Brotherhood 18D4rk4rmy 18Trinity 18Mountlocker 18Tridentlocker 17ALP-001 17Sabbath 17Iah647 16Iah6477 16ExfilSquad 16Datacarry 16Dunghill 16Apos 16Madliberator 16Redransomware 16Mosesstaff 16Helix 15Doommageddon 15Azroteam 15Cheers 15Nefilim 15HYFLOCK 14VYPR 14Benzona 14Weyhro 14Kawa4096 14Freecivilian 14Sparta 14Barracuda 13Section9 13Argonauts 13Mindware 13Netrunner 123am 12Blackout 12IMNCrew 12Teamxxx 12The Seven Deadly Sins 11Imnotavillian 11Blackwater 11Icarus 11Icefire 11Cryp70n1c0d3 11BYOD 10DYSPHOR1A 10Crazyhunter 10Darkrace 10Darkpower 10Darkside 10Umbra 9LeakBazaar 9Rook 9Groove 9EndZone 8Gammax 8Xpl0itrs 8Skira 8Radiant 8VanHelsing 8Qiulong 8Mogilevich 8Cryptbb 8Babuk 8Redact 7RunSomeWares 7Global Cybernetic Collective 7Bert 7Chort 7Malekteam 70mega 7Cyclops 7Karma 7Pay2key 7ULose 6The Crew 6Ms13089 6Cipherforce 6Arkana 6Silent 6Rancoz 6Dataleak 6Redalert 6Yanluowang 6Egregor 6Exitium 5Cry0 5Spirals 5Nasirsecurity 5PrinzEugen 50day Syndicate 5Secpo 5Orca 5Atomsilo 5Minteye 5Kryptos 5Bqtlock 5GDLockerSec 5ValenciaLeaks 5Donex 5Raznatovic 5Projectrelic 5Pandora 5Lockdata 5Shiba 4Linkc 4Desolator 4Satanlockv2 4Ransomcortex 4Shaoleaks 4Blacktor 4Falcon 3Ethics 3Orion 3Triple X 3Mnt6 3TiMc 3Yurei 3Rebornvc 3Bluebox 3Vanirgroup 3Hellogookie 3Trisec 3Noname 3Vendetta 3Ragnarok 3Blackshadow 3Bonacigroup 3Grief 3Snake 3Coldlock 3Scarlettgroup 2Blacklocks 2ImNotAVillain 2Secp0 2Sovcali 2Leaknet 2BlueWhale 2Blackfield 2Kittykatkrew 2Osiris 2Lunalock 2Sensayq 2Cryptnet 2Bitlocker 2Nightsky 2Wastedlocker 2Sekhmet 2Prolock 20x00 1Meowciety403 1Abyss-data 1Securotop 1Kyber 1D1R 1Sicarii 1Reynolds 1Walocker 1Playboy 1Zerotolerance 1Insane 1Ranstreet 1Crosslock 1Slug 1Memedusalockerdusa 1Blogxx 1Roadsweep 1La Piovra 1Robinhood 1Macaw 1Deathkitty 1Zeppelin 1Networm 1Maui 1Astroteam 1Synack 1Phoenixcryptolocker 1Ronggolawe 1Cring 1Hades 1Netflim 1Agelocker 1Thanos 1Dharma 1Mamba 1

Breaches using Data Extortion & Leaks

July 25, 2019HIGH

MGM Resorts (2022 Update) Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
July 15, 2019LOW

Bulgarian National Revenue Agency Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
June 10, 2019LOW

Wiener Büchereien Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
June 1, 2019MED

Condo.com Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
April 22, 2019CRIT

Deezer Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
April 15, 2019HIGH

ApexSMS Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
March 31, 2019LOW

Vastaamo Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
March 23, 2019MED

Everybody Edits Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
March 21, 2019LOW

Utair Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
March 18, 2019HIGH

Mindjolt Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
March 1, 2019MED

MalindoAir Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
February 25, 2019CRIT

Verifications.io Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
February 15, 2019HIGH

YouNow Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
February 14, 2019LOW

LBB Data Breach (2019)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
November 14, 2018HIGH

Data & Leads Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
November 5, 2018HIGH

Adapt Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
October 29, 2018HIGH

Elasticsearch Instance of Sales Leads on AWS Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
October 21, 2018LOW

GoldSilver Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
October 5, 2018CRIT

You've Been Scraped Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
September 18, 2018MED

SaverSpy Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
August 25, 2018LOW

Atlas Quantum Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
August 24, 2018LOW

HTH Studios Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
July 23, 2018CRIT

Apollo Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
June 12, 2018HIGH

Trik Spam Botnet Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
June 1, 2018CRIT

Exactis Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
May 31, 2018HIGH

Ticketfly Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
May 13, 2018LOW

Lolzteam Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
January 1, 2018MED

Elanic Data Breach (2018)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
December 7, 2017LOW

Netshoes Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
December 5, 2017HIGH

ai.type Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
November 28, 2017MED

Open CS:GO Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
July 18, 2017CRIT

B2B USA Businesses Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
June 5, 2017LOW

Exposed VINs Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
March 25, 2017LOW

Health Now Networks Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
March 22, 2017MED

Factual Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
March 14, 2017MED

Master Deeds Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
January 9, 2017MED

Sephora Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
January 1, 2017LOW

Victory Phones Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
January 1, 2017CRIT

River City Media Spam List Data Breach (2017)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
December 23, 2016HIGH

Data Enrichment Records Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
November 19, 2016HIGH

RankWatch Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
October 8, 2016CRIT

Modern Business Solutions Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
September 29, 2016HIGH

Justdate.com Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
September 6, 2016LOW

Real Estate Mogul Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
September 5, 2016HIGH

Digimon Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
September 4, 2016MED

NemoWeb Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
September 1, 2016HIGH

NetProspex Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
August 30, 2016MED

MDPI Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
August 15, 2016MED

GeekedIn Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
August 7, 2016MED

Wishbone (2016) Data Breach (2016)

Misconfiguration & Exposed Data
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