Ransomware Group intelligence

Cl0p

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Track Cl0p with 14342 published victims, 3 known leak locations, 7 exploited vulnerabilities, and 31 mapped TTPs in a single intelligence view.

Clop Cl0p ransomware Cl0p ransomware group
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Victims 14342 Known published victims in this dataset
First discovered 2020-03-13 Earliest victim discovery date
Last discovered 2026-08-14 Latest victim discovery date
Inactive since 18 days Days since the latest known victim
Top country United States 6370 victims
Known locations 3 Leak or negotiation infrastructure tracked
Tracked sectors 5 Sector intelligence currently available

Overview

The ransomware group known as Cl0p is a variant of the previously tracked CryptoMix strain. Early Cl0p activity was linked to financially motivated operations attributed to TA505, including phishing campaigns observed in 2019.

Those campaigns commonly relied on macro-enabled documents that deployed the Get2 loader. Once initial access was established, operators moved into reconnaissance, lateral movement, and data exfiltration before deploying ransomware across the victim environment.

After execution, Cl0p variants have been observed appending extensions such as .clop, .CIIp, .Cllp, and .C_L_O_P. Associated ransom notes have included filenames like ClopReadMe.txt, README_README.txt, Cl0pReadMe.txt, and READ_ME_!!!.TXT.

The operation later shifted from phishing-led delivery to intrusion campaigns centered on exploiting vulnerabilities in internet-facing enterprise software and managed file transfer products.

Top Countries

Interactive distribution based on the currently visible victims list.

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Distribution

    Known Leak Locations (3)

    Label Type Availability Links
    Leak location 2 Onion service Up checked 2h ago santat7kpllt6iyvqbr7q4amdv6dzrh6paatvyrzl7ry3zm72zigf4ad.onion
    Leak location 3 Onion service Down checked 2h ago toznnag5o3ambca56s2yacteu7q7x2avrfherzmz4nmujrjuib4iusad.onion
    Leak location 1 Onion service Down checked 2h ago ekbgzchl6x2ias37.onion

    Top Activity Sectors (5)

    1. Technology 146
    2. Transportation/Logistics 68
    3. Consumer Services 65
    4. Manufacturing 64
    5. Business Services 34

    YARA Rules (1)

    clop.yar

    Research Sources

    Vulnerabilities Exploited (7)

    This information is provided by the curated intelligence profile for this group.

    Vendor Product CVE Source
    Accellion File Transfer Appliance CVE-2021-27101, CVE-2021-27102, CVE-2021-27103, CVE-2021-27104 mandiant.com
    Cleo VLTrader, Harmony, LexiCom CVE-2024-55956 huntress.com
    Fortra GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer CVE-2023-0669 censys.io
    Oracle E-Business Suite CVE-2025-61882 crowdstrike.com
    Progress Software MOVEit CVE-2023-34362 cisa.gov
    PaperCut Application Server CVE-2023-27350, CVE-2023-27351 twitter.com/MsftSecIntel
    SolarWinds Serv-U FTP CVE-2021-35211 research.nccgroup.com

    TTPs Matrix (11)

    Mapped ATT&CK-style behaviors associated with this group.

    Initial Access

    Phishing: Spear-phishing attachment Exploit public-facing application Valid accounts

    Execution

    Native API Command and scripting interpreter User execution

    Persistence

    Boot or logon autostart execution Create or modify system process: Windows service

    Privilege Escalation

    Domain Policy modification: Group Policy modification Exploitation for privilege escalation Hijack execution flow

    Defense Evasion

    Masquerading: invalid code signature Impair defenses: disable or modify tools Deobfuscate/decode files or information Indicator removal on host: file deletion Process injection: DLL injection Indirect command execution Indicator removal on host: clear Windows event logs

    Discovery

    File and directory discovery Remote system discovery Process discovery System information discovery Query registry Security software discovery

    Lateral Movement

    Lateral tool transfer Remote services: SMB/Windows admin shares

    Collection

    Data from local system

    Command and Control

    Application Layer Protocol

    Exfiltration

    Exfiltration over web service

    Impact

    Data encrypted for impact Inhibit system recovery

    Victims (14342)

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    Ransomware MIDLANDIND.COM.AU id32399 View details Australia Manufacturing / Engineering
    Ransomware MIDLANDIND.COM.AU id32399 View details Australia Manufacturing / Engineering
    Ransomware MIDLANDIND.COM.AU id32400 View details Australia Manufacturing / Engineering
    Ransomware MIDLANDIND.COM.AU id32405 View details Australia Manufacturing / Engineering
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31611 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31611 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31672 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31673 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31674 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31675 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31678 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31679 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31701 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31703 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31711 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31715 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31716 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31718 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31720 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31725 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31791 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31794 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31802 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31805 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31808 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31811 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31816 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31819 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31820 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31822 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31839 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31840 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31929 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31933 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31949 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31953 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31955 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id31957 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32001 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32017 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32018 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32020 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32035 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32045 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32054 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32054 View details Hungary IT
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    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32058 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32059 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32061 View details Hungary IT
    Ransomware ITKHOLDING.HU id32061 View details Hungary IT