Beast Ransomware

Beast is a ransomware threat group that has disclosed 72 victims in publicly accessible leak site data, representing 0.3% of all ransomware attacks tracked in this database. The earliest victim disclosure attributed to Beast in our dataset dates to July 2025.

Geographically, Beast has targeted organisations in 20 countries. The most frequently targeted nation is United States with 29 victim organisations. Other heavily targeted nations include United Kingdom, Brazil, South Korea.

Industry-wise, Beast shows a concentration in the Manufacturing, Healthcare, Business Services sectors. These industries are frequently targeted because they manage sensitive data, critical operations, or have lower tolerance for operational downtime — conditions that increase ransom payment likelihood.

Like most modern ransomware operations, Beast likely employs a double extortion model: encrypting victim files while simultaneously exfiltrating data, creating dual pressure to pay the ransom. Victim organisations that refuse payment face having their data published on the group's dark web leak site.

Note: This profile is generated from public leak site disclosures aggregated via the ransomware.live API. Data is updated automatically. The table below lists the 72 most recent of the 72 disclosures we hold for this group; use the link beneath it to page through all of them.