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Dunghill ransomware

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

Victims
5
0% of all tracked
Countries
5
Most: United States
Sectors
2
Most: Business Services
First seen
Feb 2024
In this database

ThreatAI analysis

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

Who Dunghill is

Dunghill Leak is the data extortion site operated by the Dark Angels ransomware group, active since early 2023, targeting large enterprises across healthcare, finance, industrial, and technology sectors using a highly selective non-affiliate model, and responsible for a record-breaking $75 million ransom payment in 2024.

Recorded activity

Disclosures attributed to Dunghill in this database run from February 2024 to July 2025, totalling 5 victims — 0% of everything tracked here. Dunghill has listed victims in 5 countries in this database, most often United States, followed by United Kingdom and Canada. The sectors appearing most in its listings are Business Services, Technology.

YARA detection rules

dunghill.yar 
/*
Dunghill Leak (Dark Angels affiliate)
*/

rule Dunghill_Note
{
    meta:
        author = "ransomware.live"
        family = "ransomware.dunghill"
        description = "Detects Dunghill / Dark Angels extortion note"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        severity = 7
        score = 70

    strings:
        $s1 = "Dunghill" ascii nocase
        $s2 = "DUNGHILL" ascii
        $s3 = "Dark Angels" ascii nocase

    condition:
        any of them
}

Community-contributed rules for Dunghill, 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

Dunghill has disclosed 5 victims on its leak site, 0% of all ransomware listings tracked in this database. Its earliest disclosure here dates to February 2024.

The group has listed organisations in 5 countries, most often in United States (1 victims), followed by United Kingdom, Canada, Taiwan.

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

Like most current ransomware operations, Dunghill 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.

Dunghill victims 5

Organization Disclosed
The Printing House
CACanada
Linney
GBUnited Kingdom
Nuevatel
BOBolivia
Nexperia
USUnited States
Array Networks
TWTaiwan

Frequently asked questions

What is Dunghill ransomware?

Dunghill is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 5 victims since its first known activity in February 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 Dunghill attacked?

Dunghill has claimed 5 victims in our database, representing 0% of all tracked ransomware attacks. The most targeted countries are United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Taiwan.

Which countries does Dunghill target?

Dunghill has attacked organizations in 5 countries. The top targeted countries are: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Taiwan.

Which industries does Dunghill target?

Dunghill most frequently targets the Business Services, Technology sectors based on victim disclosures in our database.

Is Dunghill still active?

Dunghill's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on July 1, 2025. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.