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Ransomware group

Slug ransomware

1 victims listed on the Slug leak site across 1 countries. Most recent disclosure .

Victims
1
0% of all tracked
Countries
1
Most: Ireland
Sectors
1
Most: Transportation/Logistics
First seen
Jan 2024
In this database

ThreatAI analysis

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

Who Slug is

Slug is a very obscure ransomware or extortion group with only a single documented victim (AerCap, the aircraft leasing company) recorded on ransomware tracking platforms; no detailed threat intelligence reports exist for this group.

Recorded activity

Disclosures attributed to Slug in this database run from January 2024 to January 2024, totalling 1 victims — 0% of everything tracked here. Slug has listed victims in 1 countries in this database, most often Ireland. The sectors appearing most in its listings are Transportation/Logistics.

YARA detection rules

slug.yar 
/*
slug ransomware
*/

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

    strings:
        $name1 = "slug" ascii nocase
        $name2 = "SLUG" ascii
        $onion  = "slug.onion" ascii nocase

    condition:
        any of them
}

Community-contributed rules for Slug, 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

Slug has disclosed 1 victims on its leak site, 0% of all ransomware listings tracked in this database. Its earliest disclosure here dates to January 2024.

The group has listed organisations in 1 countries, most often in Ireland (1 victims).

By industry, its listings concentrate in 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, Slug 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.

Slug victims 1

Organization Disclosed
aercap.com
IEIreland

Frequently asked questions

What is Slug ransomware?

Slug is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 1 victims since its first known activity in January 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 Slug attacked?

Slug has claimed 1 victims in our database, representing 0% of all tracked ransomware attacks. The most targeted countries are Ireland.

Which countries does Slug target?

Slug has attacked organizations in 1 countries. The top targeted countries are: Ireland.

Which industries does Slug target?

Slug most frequently targets the Transportation/Logistics sectors based on victim disclosures in our database.

Is Slug still active?

Slug's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on January 18, 2024. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.