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desolator

Desolator is a ransomware group that emerged in May 2025, targeting construction and engineering firms in Latin America and Europe and technology companies in Asia, actively recruiting pen testers, initial access brokers, and social engineers via dark web forums to build an affiliate program.

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Motivation
ransomware
Last seen
2025-08-31
Sectors
manufacturing, financial-services, technology
Status
Dormant

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 claimLEVEL listed by desolator

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

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Last observed
Indicator1 indicator cataloged

Types: onion.

Claimed
Victim claimConstruseñales S.A. listed by desolator

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

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Victim claimConstrucciones Sala listed by desolator

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

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Victim claimTri Thuc Software listed by desolator

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

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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

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