Minteye Ransomware
TrackedThreat actor group tracked in the global ransomware database · Last disclosure: Dec 12, 2025
ThreatAI Analysis
Compiled from the ransomware.live profile for Minteye and from this database. Figures and technique mappings are quoted from the source data, not inferred.
Who Minteye is
MintEye is a ransomware group with concentrated activity in North America, targeting professional services, construction, engineering, architecture, and logistics sectors, with victims documented in the US and Chile; limited public technical analysis is available.
Recorded activity
Disclosures attributed to Minteye in this database run from December 2025 to December 2025, totalling 5 victims — 0% of everything tracked here. Minteye has listed victims in 2 countries in this database, most often United States, followed by Chile. The sectors appearing most in its listings are Financial Services, Construction, Agriculture and Food Production.
YARA detection rules
minteye.yar
/*
minteye ransomware
*/
rule minteye_Ransomnote
{
meta:
author = "ransomware.live"
family = "ransomware.minteye"
description = "Detects minteye ransomware ransom note or artifact"
date = "2026-05-04"
severity = 7
score = 70
strings:
$name1 = "minteye" ascii nocase
$name2 = "MINTEYE" ascii
$onion = "minteye.onion" ascii nocase
condition:
any of them
}Community-contributed rules for Minteye, 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
Minteye is a ransomware threat group that has disclosed 5 victims in publicly accessible leak site data, representing 0% of all ransomware attacks tracked in this database. The earliest victim disclosure attributed to Minteye in our dataset dates to December 2025.
Geographically, Minteye has targeted organisations in 2 countries. The most frequently targeted nation is United States with 4 victim organisations. Other heavily targeted nations include Chile.
Industry-wise, Minteye shows a concentration in the Financial Services, Construction, Agriculture and Food Production 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, Minteye 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 5 most recent of the 5 disclosures we hold for this group; use the link beneath it to page through all of them.
Recent Victim Disclosures (showing 5 of 5)
| # | Organization | Country | Sector | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cranford, Buckley, Schultze, Tomchin, Allen & Buie, P.A. www.southcharlottelawfirm.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Financial Services | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 2 | David M. Schwarz Architects www.dmsas.com | 🇺🇸 United States | Construction | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 3 | Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) www.iattc.org | 🇺🇸 United States | Agriculture and Food Production | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 4 | Keylogistics Chile SA www.keylogistics.cl | 🇨🇱 Chile | Transportation/Logistics | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 5 | Sponseller Group, Inc. www.sponsellergroup.com | 🇺🇸 United States | — | Dec 12, 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Minteye ransomware?
Minteye is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 5 victims since its first known activity in December 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 Minteye attacked?
Minteye has claimed 5 victims in our database, representing 0% of all tracked ransomware attacks. The most targeted countries are United States, Chile.
Which countries does Minteye target?
Minteye has attacked organizations in 2 countries. The top targeted countries are: United States, Chile.
Which industries does Minteye target?
Minteye most frequently targets the Financial Services, Construction, Agriculture and Food Production sectors based on victim disclosures in our database.
Is Minteye still active?
Minteye's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on December 12, 2025. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.