Ransomware Watch · May 24, 2026

Time window: 2026-05-23 → 2026-05-24 (including the tail end of late 5/22)
Data sources: RansomLook recent posts + ransomware.live + public reporting
⚠️ Note: direct RansomLook API pulls failed due to egress restrictions; this issue is assembled from second-hand sources aggregated via WebSearch and full coverage is not guaranteed.

Overview

• New posts (known): ~20+ (limited to what is publicly searchable; actual DLS posting velocity is higher — see the Q1 ReliaQuest +22% YoY trend)
• Groups involved: 8+ (ShinyHunters / Titan / Qilin / Akira / Inc Ransom / Play / Clop / The Gentlemen, etc.)
• Watchlist hits: 4 (education, financial, shipping, healthcare-adjacent)

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Watchlist Hits (Priority)

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All New Posts (aggregated)

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Anomalies / Trend Notes

This week's most active (by DLS post volume)

• ShinyHunters— Charter Communications is a highly conspicuous target (a major US telecom operator); ShinyHunters keeps posting on the Trinity of Chaos DLS
• Titan— 9 posts on 5/23 alone; consistently high-frequency over the past two weeks
• Akira / Qilin— the "duopoly" position held since Q1 continues (M-Trends 2026 tracks Akira as REDBIKE and Qilin as AGENDA)
• The Gentlemen— despite itself being leaked on 5/5, its affiliates keep posting— corroborating that its 90/10 split retains affiliates well
• Inc Ransom / Clop / Play / Nightspire / DragonForce / Sinobi— the second tier keeps up steady output

Newly appeared groups

• No entirely new actor observed coming online in the 5/23–5/24 window

Unusual concentration

• Spanish manufacturing: back-to-back Spanish victims on 5/23 (University of Valencia in education + Mecanizados y Montajes Aeronáuticos in aerospace manufacturing + Cablematic Dos Mil SLU in industrial equipment on 5/22) — worth watching; an affiliate may be working the Spanish manufacturing / education circles
• Shipping + logistics: G. Theodor Freese GmbH (German maritime) + A-Sonic Logistics both listed on 5/22 — consistent with M-Trends 2026 on RaaS normalizing "recovery denial" (deliberately hitting backups, identity, and virtualization management planes before encrypting)

Check Point 5/22 "Thus Spoke The Gentlemen" analysis (must-read)

See the "Threat Intelligence" section of the main brief. Key points:

• The Gentlemen's industrialized flow: victim VPN access → C2 push → EDR neutralization → encryption
• An aggressive 90/10 split to poach affiliates
• Roles: zeta88/hastalamuerte(admin), Kunder, qbit, JeLLy, Protagor, Bl0ck, Wick, quant, donpakto, mAst3r

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Data Collection Statement

• Direct RansomLook API pulls failed due to egress restrictions
• Data is assembled via WebSearch from multiple second-hand sources (RansomLook public recent-page summaries, ransomware.live, media reporting)
• Actual DLS posting velocity is higher; this table lists publicly indexable victims. Full structured data requires direct access to the RansomLook APIor the ransomware.live API
• Remediation suggestion: add www.ransomlook.ioand api.ransomware.liveto the egress allowlist

Sources

• RansomLook recent posts
• Ransomware.live
• Resecurity — ShinyHunters DLS Trinity of Chaos
• Check Point Research — "Thus Spoke The Gentlemen"
• KELA — Analysis of the Gentlemen internal chat leak