Polar Branch of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
ddosecretThis record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the ddosecret group against Polar Branch of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAPWindow Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2). The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
Attack Summary
The Polar Branch of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, also known as PINRO named after N.M. Knipovich, is a Russian fisheries research institute based in Murmansk, Russia. It operates as part of VNIRO and conducts marine research to support fisheries management, including studies used to estimate allowable catches and assess commercial fish, invertebrates, algae, and marine mammals. The branch is part of the country’s public-sector scientific infrastructure for marine and fisheries science. It was listed as a ransomware victim associated with ddosecret.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLEProof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.