Kairos Ransomware

Kairos is a ransomware threat group that has disclosed 97 victims in publicly accessible leak site data, representing 0.4% of all ransomware attacks tracked in this database. The earliest victim disclosure attributed to Kairos in our dataset dates to November 2024.

Geographically, Kairos has targeted organisations in 15 countries. The most frequently targeted nation is United States with 54 victim organisations. Other heavily targeted nations include Australia, United Kingdom, Canada.

Industry-wise, Kairos shows a concentration in the Business Services, Education, Healthcare 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, Kairos 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 97 most recent of the 97 disclosures we hold for this group; use the link beneath it to page through all of them.