Brotherhood Ransomware
TrackedThreat actor group tracked in the global ransomware database ยท Last disclosure: Jan 6, 2026
ThreatAI Analysis
Compiled from the ransomware.live profile for Brotherhood and from this database. Figures and technique mappings are quoted from the source data, not inferred.
Ransomware group Brotherhood has targeted 18 organizations across eight nations, infecting sites in sectors like Business Services, Public Sector, and Technology.
Who Brotherhood is
Brotherhood is a ransomware group that emerged in late 2025, targeting organizations in the US, Canada, and Australia across manufacturing, communications, and construction sectors, operating a Tor-based double-extortion leak site.
Recorded activity
Disclosures attributed to Brotherhood in this database run from October 2025 to January 2026, totalling 18 victims โ 0.1% of everything tracked here. Brotherhood has listed victims in 8 countries in this database, most often United States, followed by Australia and Canada. The sectors appearing most in its listings are Business Services, Public Sector, Technology.
YARA detection rules
brotherhood.yar
/*
brotherhood ransomware
*/
rule brotherhood_Ransomnote
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.brotherhood"
description = "Detects brotherhood ransomware ransom note or artifact"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 7
score = 70
strings:
$name1 = "brotherhood" ascii nocase
$name2 = "BROTHERHOOD" ascii
$onion = "brotherhood.onion" ascii nocase
condition:
any of them
}
Community-contributed rules for Brotherhood, 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
Brotherhood is a ransomware threat group that has disclosed 18 victims in publicly accessible leak site data, representing 0.1% of all ransomware attacks tracked in this database. The earliest victim disclosure attributed to Brotherhood in our dataset dates to October 2025.
Geographically, Brotherhood has targeted organisations in 8 countries. The most frequently targeted nation is United States with 7 victim organisations. Other heavily targeted nations include Australia, Canada, Germany.
Industry-wise, Brotherhood shows a concentration in the Business Services, Public Sector, Technology sectors. These industries are frequently targeted because they manage sensitive data, critical operations, or have lower tolerance for operational downtime โ conditions that increase ransom payment likelihood.
Like most modern ransomware operations, Brotherhood 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 18 most recent of the 18 disclosures we hold for this group; use the link beneath it to page through all of them.
Recent Victim Disclosures (showing 18 of 18)
| # | Organization | Country | Sector | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italgrafica Sistemi konigprint.com | ๐ฎ๐น Italy | Manufacturing | Jan 6, 2026 |
| 2 | hรคussermann stauden gehรถlze gmbh haeussermann.com | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | Agriculture and Food Production | Dec 10, 2025 |
| 3 | Ingenieurbรผro Laudi www.ib-laudi.de | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | โ | Nov 28, 2025 |
| 4 | Cera Stribley www.c-s.com.au | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | โ | Nov 15, 2025 |
| 5 | Horst Realty www.horstrealty.com | ๐บ๐ธ United States | Business Services | Nov 15, 2025 |
| 6 | Kaener Personal www.kaenerpersonal.ch | ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | โ | Nov 15, 2025 |
| 7 | Ninas Jewellery www.ninasjewellery.com.au | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | Consumer Services | Nov 15, 2025 |
| 8 | Spoleta Construction spoleta.com | ๐บ๐ธ United States | Construction | Nov 15, 2025 |
| 9 | Citizens' Committee for Children of New York www.cccnewyork.org | ๐บ๐ธ United States | Public Sector | Oct 11, 2025 |
| 10 | Integlia integlia.ca | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | โ | Oct 11, 2025 |
| 11 | Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation www.ciswo.org.uk | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | Energy | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 12 | Kevmor www.kevmor.com.au | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | Business Services | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 13 | Momentum Logistics www.momentumlogistics.co.za | ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa | Transportation/Logistics | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 14 | Motility Software www.motilitysoftware.com | ๐บ๐ธ United States | Technology | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 15 | Orion Communications and Public Relations www.orioncommunications-pr.com | ๐บ๐ธ United States | Business Services | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 16 | Sternthal Montigny Greenberg St-Germain www.smgs.ca | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | Business Services | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 17 | UVJ Technologies www.uvjtech.com | ๐บ๐ธ United States | Technology | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 18 | Woodmen Valley Chapel woodmenvalley.org | ๐บ๐ธ United States | Public Sector | Oct 10, 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Brotherhood ransomware?
Brotherhood is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 18 victims since its first known activity in October 2025. 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 Brotherhood attacked?
Brotherhood has claimed 18 victims in our database, representing 0.1% of all tracked ransomware attacks. The most targeted countries are United States, Australia, Canada, Germany.
Which countries does Brotherhood target?
Brotherhood has attacked organizations in 8 countries. The top targeted countries are: United States, Australia, Canada, Germany.
Which industries does Brotherhood target?
Brotherhood most frequently targets the Business Services, Public Sector, Technology sectors based on victim disclosures in our database.
Is Brotherhood still active?
Brotherhood's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on January 6, 2026. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.