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direwolf

Dire Wolf is a sophisticated human-operated ransomware group first documented in May 2025, written in Golang using Curve25519/ChaCha20 encryption, targeting manufacturing and technology sectors across 13+ countries with ransoms up to $500,000, operated by a tight core team rather than a broad affiliate program.

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Motivation
ransomware
First seen
2026-06-12
Last seen
2026-09-11
Sectors
manufacturing, technology, professional-services, healthcare, transportation, financial-services, agriculture-and-food-production, other, energy-utilities, education, retail-e-commerce, government-defense
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 claimPort of Tanjung Pelepas listed by direwolf

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

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Indicator1 indicator cataloged

Types: onion.

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Victim claimRelyComply AML Platform listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimSales Boomerang listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimEMS1R listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimPrecision Vehicle Logistics listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimTrainMe listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimLightcast listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimSemper Laser listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimeAssist Dental Solutions listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimmyLaurel listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimMission Pet Health listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimWolfram Research listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimCartrack Holdings listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimPTT Oil and Retail Business listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimOportunidados listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimPT Intraco Penta Tbk listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimHoneycomb Programs Inc listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimHospital Clnico Universidad de Chile listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimErdem Hospital listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimTHQ Nordic listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimStudio Legale ESE listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimNational Kidney Registry listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimStudee listed by direwolf

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

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Victim claimReviso Cloud Accounting Limited listed by direwolf

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

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The interactive view includes 101 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

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