Spacebears Ransomware

Spacebears is a ransomware threat group that has disclosed 160 victims in publicly accessible leak site data, representing 0.7% of all ransomware attacks tracked in this database. The earliest victim disclosure attributed to Spacebears in our dataset dates to April 2024.

Geographically, Spacebears has targeted organisations in 45 countries. The most frequently targeted nation is United States with 45 victim organisations. Other heavily targeted nations include Italy, Germany, Spain.

Industry-wise, Spacebears shows a concentration in the Business Services, Technology, 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, Spacebears 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 100 most recent of the 160 disclosures we hold for this group; use the link beneath it to page through all of them.