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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
2026-10-21
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 claimnovagroupgbc.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimoflaherty-law.com listed by BrainCipher

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Victim claimclinicaromero.com listed by BrainCipher

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Victim claimsodali.com listed by BrainCipher

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Victim claimsrsnodgrass.com listed by BrainCipher

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Victim claimprosomnus.com listed by BrainCipher

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Victim claimolyortho.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimmvjllp.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Indicator49 indicators cataloged

Types: onion.

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Victim claimhuntcompanies.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimtrailerbridge.com listed by BrainCipher

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Victim claimmccordclaims.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimgoriteway.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimnortheastrehab.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimmulholland.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimwildmanbg.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimmaxwell-group.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimlatitudesubro.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimgoldstarfinancial.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimhoyletanner.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimaecom.com listed by BrainCipher

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

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Victim claimxpera.ca listed by BrainCipher

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

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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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The interactive view includes 102 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.

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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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