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BrainCipher

Brain Cipher emerged in July 2024. Both Windows and Linux variants are available. Brain Cipher using the leaked build of LockBit Black for their operations. The group suspected to have exploited CVE-2023-28252 (Microsoft Windows CLFS Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability). The Ransom demand ranges from $150,000 to $1,00,0000. Demand to be paid with Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency. In 2025, they have shifted their new Negotiation portal to new server with vanity TOR Domain starting with 'brain'.

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Motivation
ransomware
First seen
2026-05-01
Last seen
2026-08-31
Sectors
professional-services, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, business-services, financial-services, agriculture-and-food-production, government-defense, education, other, retail-e-commerce, transportation-logistics
Status
Active

Activity timeline

A dated ledger of actor-claimed victims, campaigns, indicators, identity mappings, relationships, and CVE links. Each date states what it measures. For extensive leak-site histories, victim entries are limited to the 100 most recent distinct listings.

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Victim claimahadandco.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimsago.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimcrmeyer.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimccsperfusion.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimicot.es listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimaeiconsultants.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimsyc.es listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimAdviesbureau De Beuckelaer BV listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Indicator32 indicators cataloged

Types: onion.

Cataloged
RelationshipSame as relationship with brain cipher

The cited upstream records use spacing or punctuation variants of the same actor name. Source records remain separate for provenance, while exact-name resolution prefers the reviewed canonical profile.

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Victim claimwindiam.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimrobroy.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimiac-intl.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimdigitaldynamics.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimgoldenstateortho.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimprintronix.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimeggetttax.ca listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimsterlinggloballtd.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimthemintgaming.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimalu-rex.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimanglomoil.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimpaipharma.com listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimsquamish.net listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimsheppadviser.com.au listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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Victim claimice.org.uk listed by BrainCipher

Actor-claimed victim evidence. This listing is not independent confirmation of compromise.

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The interactive view includes 99 dated events with category filters and paging.

Identity and attribution

Exact names and tracking identifiers resolve to this canonical profile. Rebrands, affiliations, and overlapping clusters remain separate confidence-rated relationships.

Name map

BrainCipherCanonical Name

Shared-name reviews

Every exact-name collision is reviewed. Same-actor decisions select a preferred profile while distinct and unresolved clusters remain separate.

Same actor high
BrainCipher preferred brain cipher

The cited upstream records use spacing or punctuation variants of the same actor name. Source records remain separate for provenance, while exact-name resolution prefers the reviewed canonical profile.

Same as: brain cipher

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