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playboy

PlayBoy Locker is a ransomware-as-a-service operation that emerged in September 2024, targeting Windows, NAS, and ESXi systems across multiple sectors on an 85/15 affiliate revenue split; its source code was reportedly sold underground by late 2024.

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Motivation
ransomware
Last seen
2024-10-28
Sectors
professional-services
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.

First listed
Victim claimGerman Chamber of Commerce listed by playboy

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

Actor Claimed
Last observed
Indicator1 indicator cataloged

Types: onion.

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

playboyCanonical Name

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