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Cipherforce ransomware

6 victims listed on the Cipherforce leak site across 5 countries. Most recent disclosure .

Victims
6
0% of all tracked
Countries
5
Most: United States
Sectors
3
Most: Technology
First seen
Feb 2026
In this database

ThreatAI analysis

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

Who Cipherforce is

CipherForce is a newly emerged ransomware group first detected in early 2026, operating a dark web leak site and targeting technology, business services, and logistics companies across the US, China, Vietnam, India, and UAE, with at least 6 claimed victims.

Recorded activity

Disclosures attributed to Cipherforce in this database run from February 2026 to February 2026, totalling 6 victims — 0% of everything tracked here. Cipherforce has listed victims in 5 countries in this database, most often United States, followed by India and Vietnam. The sectors appearing most in its listings are Technology, Business Services, Transportation/Logistics.

YARA detection rules

cipherforce.yar 
/*
cipherforce ransomware
*/

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

    strings:
        $name1 = "cipherforce" ascii nocase
        $name2 = "CIPHERFORCE" ascii
        $onion  = "cipherforce.onion" ascii nocase

    condition:
        any of them
}

Community-contributed rules for Cipherforce, 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

Cipherforce has disclosed 6 victims on its leak site, 0% of all ransomware listings tracked in this database. Its earliest disclosure here dates to February 2026.

The group has listed organisations in 5 countries, most often in United States (2 victims), followed by India, Vietnam, China.

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

Like most current ransomware operations, Cipherforce 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.

Generated from public leak-site disclosures aggregated via the ransomware.live API and updated automatically.

Cipherforce victims 6

Organization Disclosed
Accuick
USUnited States
Biaodianyun Group Ltd
CNChina
FindNear
VNVietnam
hiringsteps.com
USUnited States
tektreeinc.com
INIndia
Zip24 - ShipOx
AEUAE

Frequently asked questions

What is Cipherforce ransomware?

Cipherforce is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 6 victims since its first known activity in February 2026. 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 Cipherforce attacked?

Cipherforce has claimed 6 victims in our database, representing 0% of all tracked ransomware attacks. The most targeted countries are United States, India, Vietnam, China.

Which countries does Cipherforce target?

Cipherforce has attacked organizations in 5 countries. The top targeted countries are: United States, India, Vietnam, China.

Which industries does Cipherforce target?

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

Is Cipherforce still active?

Cipherforce's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on February 23, 2026. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.