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Ransomware group

Bluebox ransomware

3 victims listed on the Bluebox leak site across 2 countries. Most recent disclosure .

Victims
3
0% of all tracked
Countries
2
Most: France
Sectors
3
Most: Transportation/Logistics
First seen
Dec 2024
In this database

ThreatAI analysis

Compiled from the ransomware.live profile for Bluebox and from this database. Figures and technique mappings are quoted from the source data, not inferred.

Who Bluebox is

Bluebox is a data extortion group that emerged in December 2024, employing double-extortion tactics against victims primarily in France, Sweden, and the French Caribbean, and threatening to notify data protection authorities to add regulatory pressure on victims.

Recorded activity

Disclosures attributed to Bluebox in this database run from December 2024 to December 2024, totalling 3 victims — 0% of everything tracked here. Bluebox has listed victims in 2 countries in this database, most often France, followed by Sweden. The sectors appearing most in its listings are Transportation/Logistics, Business Services, Manufacturing.

Indicators of compromise

Showing a sample of 1 EMAIL on file. Hashes and network indicators published for Bluebox. Leak-site addresses are deliberately excluded. Indicators age quickly — treat a match as a starting point for investigation, and an absence of matches as no assurance.

YARA detection rules

bluebox.yar
/*
bluebox ransomware
*/

rule bluebox_Ransomnote
{
    meta:
        author = "ransomware.live"
        family = "ransomware.bluebox"
        description = "Detects bluebox ransomware ransom note or artifact"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        severity = 7
        score = 70

    strings:
        $name1 = "bluebox" ascii nocase
        $name2 = "BLUEBOX" ascii
        $onion  = "bluebox.onion" ascii nocase

    condition:
        any of them
}

Community-contributed rules for Bluebox, reproduced as published. Test them against your own corpus before relying on them: rule quality and false-positive behaviour vary by author.

Threat actor analysis

Bluebox has disclosed 3 victims on its leak site, 0% of all ransomware listings tracked in this database. Its earliest disclosure here dates to December 2024.

The group has listed organisations in 2 countries, most often in France (2 victims), followed by Sweden.

By industry, its listings concentrate in Transportation/Logistics, Business Services, Manufacturing — sectors that hold sensitive data or cannot tolerate long outages, both of which raise the pressure to pay.

Like most current ransomware operations, Bluebox is likely to use double extortion: data is stolen before files are encrypted, and organisations that refuse to pay are named on the leak site with the stolen data as leverage.

Bluebox victims 3

Organization Disclosed
Groupe-fimar
FRFrance
PH ARCHITECTURE
FRFrance
Westerstrand Urfabrik AB
SESweden

Frequently asked questions

What is Bluebox ransomware?

Bluebox is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 3 victims since its first known activity in December 2024. The group operates by infiltrating target networks, exfiltrating data, encrypting files, and threatening to publish stolen data on a dark web leak site if the ransom is not paid.

How many victims has Bluebox attacked?

Bluebox has claimed 3 victims in our database, representing 0% of all tracked ransomware attacks. The most targeted countries are France, Sweden.

Which countries does Bluebox target?

Bluebox has attacked organizations in 2 countries. The top targeted countries are: France, Sweden.

Which industries does Bluebox target?

Bluebox most frequently targets the Transportation/Logistics, Business Services, Manufacturing sectors based on victim disclosures in our database.

Is Bluebox still active?

Bluebox's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on December 17, 2024. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.