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ShadowByt3$

ShadowByt3$ is a ransomware-as-a-service group first observed in October 2025, using multi-method extortion and communicating via Telegram and Tox, with a very small confirmed victim list suggesting it remains in early-stage operation.

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Motivation
ransomware
First seen
2026-05-14
Last seen
2026-09-10
Sectors
technology, education, agriculture-and-food-production, retail-e-commerce, hospitality-and-tourism, professional-services, other, business-services
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.

First listed
Victim claimJohn Engel Team listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Last observed
Indicator6 indicators cataloged

Types: domain, onion.

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Victim claimBen Leeds Properties listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimBayView Real Estate listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimBayview Real Estate WARNING listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimSinar Mas Agribusiness and Food Golden Agri-Resources) listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimA-Plus Software Limited listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimTINYpulse NINTENDO BREACH (nintendo.com) listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimNintendo Company (Nintendo.com) listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimLead Company (Leadership Boulevard) listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimCropwise (Syngenta Group) listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimBreachForums is Back (breachforu.ms) listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimHotelogix Company (Hotelogix.com) listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimStride Learning listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimAmplify Technology listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimUniversity Of Georgia listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimHotelogix listed by ShadowByt3$

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

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Victim claimPowerCampus listed by ShadowByt3$

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

ShadowByt3$Canonical Name

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