Insomnia Ransomware
ActiveThreat actor group tracked in the global ransomware database · Last disclosure: Sep 15, 2026
ThreatAI Analysis
Compiled from the ransomware.live profile for Insomnia and from this database. Figures and technique mappings are quoted from the source data, not inferred.
Insomnia is a data-theft and extortion threat actor focusing on US-based healthcare organizations, having targeted 49 victims across four countries so far.
Who Insomnia is
Insomnia is a data-theft and extortion group that emerged in October 2025, targeting primarily US-based healthcare organizations — stealing patient files and threatening public exposure rather than encrypting files — and avoiding former Soviet states, consistent with Russian-speaking cybercrime norms.
Recorded activity
Disclosures attributed to Insomnia in this database run from February 2026 to September 2026, totalling 52 victims — 0.2% of everything tracked here. Insomnia has listed victims in 4 countries in this database, most often United States, followed by Singapore and Brazil. The sectors appearing most in its listings are Healthcare, Business Services, Technology.
YARA detection rules
insomnia.yar
/*
insomnia ransomware
*/
rule insomnia_Ransomnote
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.insomnia"
description = "Detects insomnia ransomware ransom note or artifact"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 7
score = 70
strings:
$name1 = "insomnia" ascii nocase
$name2 = "INSOMNIA" ascii
$onion = "insomnia.onion" ascii nocase
condition:
any of them
}
Community-contributed rules for Insomnia, 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
Insomnia is a ransomware threat group that has disclosed 52 victims in publicly accessible leak site data, representing 0.2% of all ransomware attacks tracked in this database. The earliest victim disclosure attributed to Insomnia in our dataset dates to February 2026.
Geographically, Insomnia has targeted organisations in 4 countries. The most frequently targeted nation is United States with 49 victim organisations. Other heavily targeted nations include Singapore, Brazil, PA.
Industry-wise, Insomnia shows a concentration in the Healthcare, Business Services, Technology 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, Insomnia 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 52 most recent of the 52 disclosures we hold for this group; use the link beneath it to page through all of them.
Recent Victim Disclosures (showing 52 of 52)
| # | Organization | Country | Sector | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher, & Goldfarb LLC www.wigginschilds.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Professional Services | Sep 15, 2026 |
| 2 | Massey, Stotser & Nichols www.msnattorneys.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Professional Services | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 3 | Metropolitan Community Health Services www.agapechc.org | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 4 | NorthShore Health Centers www.northshorehealth.org | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Sep 7, 2026 |
| 5 | Maglin, Miskiv & Associates none | 🇺🇸 United States | Professional Services | Sep 3, 2026 |
| 6 | N*************** www.****************.com | 🇺🇸 United States | — | Sep 2, 2026 |
| 7 | Metro Tulsa Foot www.tulsafoot.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Aug 31, 2026 |
| 8 | Aurora Health Management www.aurorahealthmgt.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Aug 19, 2026 |
| 9 | *********** www.***********.com | 🇺🇸 United States | — | Aug 19, 2026 |
| 10 | Codinter www.codinter.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Technology | Aug 17, 2026 |
| 11 | Park Place Behavioral Health Care www.ppbh.org | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Aug 6, 2026 |
| 12 | Laempe Reich www.laempereich.com | 🇺🇸 United States | — | Jul 31, 2026 |
| 13 | Merritt Woodwork www.merrittwoodwork.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Manufacturing | Jul 31, 2026 |
| 14 | Sky Solutions www.skysolutions.com.pa | PA | Technology | Jul 29, 2026 |
| 15 | Brooklyn Defender Services www.bds.org | 🇺🇸 United States | Government & Defense | Jul 24, 2026 |
| 16 | ************* www.********.com | 🇺🇸 United States | — | Jun 25, 2026 |
| 17 | The Vant Group www.thevantgroup.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Business Services | Jun 12, 2026 |
| 18 | Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency www.mchra.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Business Services | Jun 9, 2026 |
| 19 | Nephrology Associates www.arnapa.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Apr 28, 2026 |
| 20 | METO Systems www.metosystems.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Technology | Apr 24, 2026 |
| 21 | United Medical Doctors www.unitedmd.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Apr 9, 2026 |
| 22 | Noble Inc. www.nobleoilfieldservices.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Energy | Apr 7, 2026 |
| 23 | *****d **d**** ****o** www.***.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Apr 2, 2026 |
| 24 | Atlas Ocean Voyages www.atlasoceanvoyages.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Hospitality and Tourism | Mar 23, 2026 |
| 25 | Valley Family Health Care www.vfhc.org | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Mar 18, 2026 |
| 26 | **l** ****** ****** C*** www.****.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Mar 17, 2026 |
| 27 | Belmont Plastic Surgery www.belmontplasticsurgeryva.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Mar 3, 2026 |
| 28 | Ripple Neuro www.rippleneuro.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Technology | Feb 26, 2026 |
| 29 | Thrash Commercial Contractors www.thrashco.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Construction | Feb 26, 2026 |
| 30 | Zaner Group www.zaner.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Financial Services | Feb 25, 2026 |
| 31 | AdMark Asia Group www.admarkasiagroup.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Business Services | Feb 18, 2026 |
| 32 | Application Solution Providers www.aspdd.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Technology | Feb 18, 2026 |
| 33 | Copier Careers www.copiercareers.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Business Services | Feb 13, 2026 |
| 34 | The Syverson Group www.thesyversongroup.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Business Services | Feb 13, 2026 |
| 35 | Aviam Corporate Housing www.aviam.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Hospitality and Tourism | Feb 11, 2026 |
| 36 | Advanced Healthcare Professionals www.ahp.agency | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 37 | Anatomic Clinical Laboratory Associates www.aclapath.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 38 | Carlyle Senior Care of Florence www.carlyleflorence.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 39 | Chiarottino www.chiarottino.com.br | 🇧🇷 Brazil | Business Services | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 40 | DeVal LCS www.devallcs.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Manufacturing | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 41 | Dunn and Dunn www.dunnanddunn.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Business Services | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 42 | Enviro-Hub Holdings www.enviro-hub.com | 🇸🇬 Singapore | Manufacturing | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 43 | Flint Hills Dialysis www.fhdks.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 44 | Gruel Mills Nims Pylman www.gmnp.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Business Services | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 45 | Integrated Fresh Solutions www.integratedfresh.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Agriculture and Food Production | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 46 | Internal Medicine of Milford www.immct.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 47 | Optimum Health Institute www.optimumhealth.org | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 48 | Parts Life, Inc www.partslifeinc.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Manufacturing | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 49 | Rella Associates www.rella-associates.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Business Services | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 50 | SchureMed www.schuremed.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 51 | Southern Illinois Dermatology www.siderm.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Feb 7, 2026 |
| 52 | Tri-Cities Gastroenterology www.digestivewellness.net | 🇺🇸 United States | Healthcare | Feb 7, 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Insomnia ransomware?
Insomnia is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 52 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 Insomnia attacked?
Insomnia has claimed 52 victims in our database, representing 0.2% of all tracked ransomware attacks. The most targeted countries are United States, Singapore, Brazil, PA.
Which countries does Insomnia target?
Insomnia has attacked organizations in 4 countries. The top targeted countries are: United States, Singapore, Brazil, PA.
Which industries does Insomnia target?
Insomnia most frequently targets the Healthcare, Business Services, Technology sectors based on victim disclosures in our database.
Is Insomnia still active?
Insomnia's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on September 15, 2026. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.