Ransomware group profile · #80 by claimed victims

Payload ransomware

Payload is a ransomware group that emerged in early 2026, using Babuk-derived source code targeting both Windows and ESXi systems with cross-platform double-extortion attacks against healthcare, energy, real estate, and agriculture sectors, claiming 12 victims across seven countries within hours of launching its leak site.

Active First seen Feb 2026 .payload

86Victims claimed on leak sites

11Victims in the last 30 days

18Victims in the last 90 days

36Countries hit

3Leak-site URLs tracked, 0 online

31 Oct 2026Latest claim recorded

Victimology

Who Payload claims to have breached, from 86 leak-site posts recorded by VULONE.

Claims per month last 12 months

Top sectors

Manufacturing22

Professional Services10

Retail & E-Commerce9

Financial Services6

Energy & Utilities5

Hospitality5

Healthcare5

Government & Defense4

Top countries

Germany11

Switzerland7

United States5

Philippines4

Singapore4

Egypt3

Malaysia3

Canada2

Latest claimed victims 12 most recent

Victim	Sector	Country	Claimed
Kraft Lernen	-	-	31 Oct 2026
SALEG (Sachsen-Anhaltische Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH)	-	-	31 Oct 2026
Straze Garden Center	-	-	31 Oct 2026
Hauhinco hauhinco.de	Manufacturing	DE	28 Oct 2026
Marbre Design	Manufacturing	FR	28 Oct 2026
Glückauf-Vermessung GmbH	Professional Services	DE	26 Oct 2026
Miletic GmbH	Not Found	DE	26 Oct 2026
Edelstahl-Mechanik GmbH	Manufacturing	DE	26 Oct 2026
BW Office World	Retail & E-Commerce	-	20 Oct 2026
Brüninghoff Group	Manufacturing	DE	20 Oct 2026
Boullard Musique boullard.ch	Retail & E-Commerce	CH	8 Oct 2026
Netech (Neeser Technik AG)	Manufacturing	CH	28 Sep 2026

All 86 Payload victims, searchable

Full victim list with claim posts, domains, timing and exports, plus the negotiation chats and leak-site screenshots VULONE archives for this crew.

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Tactics, techniques and procedures

ATT&CK technique mapping for Payload is in progress. Victimology, infrastructure status and leak-site tracking are live above.

Indicators, detections and the full playbook

Hashes, C2 addresses, onion services, Sigma and YARA detections per technique, and the negotiation transcripts are available to signed-in analysts.

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Frequently asked

Is Payload ransomware still active?

Payload is tracked as active. The most recent leak-site claim VULONE recorded is dated 31 October 2026. 11 victims were claimed in the last 30 days.

How many victims has Payload claimed?

VULONE has recorded 86 leak-site victim claims attributed to Payload since February 2026, across 36 countries and 14 sectors.

Which industries does Payload target?

The sectors most often named on the Payload leak site are Manufacturing, Professional Services, Retail & E-Commerce.

Which countries are most affected by Payload?

Most Payload victims recorded by VULONE are located in Germany, Switzerland, United States.

Where does VULONE get Payload victim data?

Claims are collected continuously from the group's own leak sites and cross-checked with ransomware.live and RansomLook. A claim is the group's assertion, not a confirmed breach.

VULONE research mentioning Payload

Inside a Commercial Account-Takeover Operation: Device-Trust Abuse Against Brazilian Retail AccountsA commercial account-takeover service that forged “trusted device” records to sign into Brazilian retail accounts without ever triggering a China-Linked Hackers Targeted Governments Across Asia. We Hacked Their Infrastructure.A China-linked operator ran 66 AI-driven intrusions against government and industry targets across Asia from a single exposed server, reachi NASBleed: Inside a 343k-Host Credential Spill343,000 plain-text NAS and RDP logins found sitting in an open directory, most of them factory defaults. How the dump feeds access brokers, Flotilla: Anatomy of an Undocumented Cross-Platform Covert-Browser Botnet Delivered Through the GCleaner ChannelAn undocumented Turkish-language malware platform running a covert Electron browser botnet on Windows and arm64 agents on macOS, sharing one

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Victim claims are collected from leak sites and enrichment partners (ransomware.live, RansomLook) and represent the group's own assertions, not confirmed breaches. Profile last updated 31 October 2026. Questions or corrections: research@vulone.com.