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Vect ransomware

25 victims listed on the Vect leak site across 12 countries. Most recent disclosure .

Victims
25
0.1% of all tracked
Countries
12
Most: United States
Sectors
9
Most: Technology
First seen
Jan 2026
In this database

ThreatAI analysis

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

Vect is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group who launched an affiliate program in December 2025 with five revenue-sharing tiers and partnered with BreachForums; targeting 12 countries,_vect has infected 25 victims.

Who Vect is

VECT is a RaaS group that launched its affiliate program in December 2025 with a five-tier revenue-sharing model and a formal partnership with BreachForums; its VECT 2.0 payload contains a critical encryption flaw that irreversibly destroys files larger than 128 KB rather than encrypting them.

Recorded activity

Disclosures attributed to Vect in this database run from January 2026 to April 2026, totalling 25 victims — 0.1% of everything tracked here. Vect has listed victims in 12 countries in this database, most often United States, followed by Brazil and India. The sectors appearing most in its listings are Technology, Manufacturing, Healthcare.

YARA detection rules

vect.yar
/*
vect ransomware
*/

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

    strings:
        $name1 = "vect" ascii nocase
        $name2 = "VECT" ascii
        $onion  = "vect.onion" ascii nocase

    condition:
        any of them
}

Community-contributed rules for Vect, 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

Vect has disclosed 25 victims on its leak site, 0.1% of all ransomware listings tracked in this database. Its earliest disclosure here dates to January 2026.

The group has listed organisations in 12 countries, most often in United States (5 victims), followed by Brazil, India, South Africa.

By industry, its listings concentrate in Technology, Manufacturing, Healthcare — sectors that hold sensitive data or cannot tolerate long outages, both of which raise the pressure to pay.

Like most current ransomware operations, Vect 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.

Vect victims 25

Organization Disclosed
guesty, LITELLM/TRIVY CAMPAIGN (TEAMPCP)
ILIsrael
S&PGLOBAL, LiteLLM/Trivy campaign (TeamPCP)
USUnited States
Verlat Energy
PEPeru
USHA International Limited
INIndia
Casas del Mediterraneo
ESSpain
jdaas
INIndia
keliweb
ITItaly
Del Rey
BRBrazil
Sus Insumos S.A.S
COColombia
****360.com
USUnited States
a*f***a
ApexHospitals
INIndia
Auvo
BRBrazil
EnerTec
ZASouth Africa
for******a****ng
USUnited States
Grupo VerdeAzul
NANamibia
MB Contabilidade
BRBrazil
Mutualista Imbabura
ECEcuador
Pappytech
INIndia
pay***
EGEgypt
s***om****x
USUnited States
Was Madeiras
BRBrazil
***wire
USUnited States
Federal University of Sergipe
BRBrazil
Hytec South Africa
ZASouth Africa

Frequently asked questions

What is Vect ransomware?

Vect is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 25 victims since its first known activity in January 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 Vect attacked?

Vect has claimed 25 victims in our database, representing 0.1% of all tracked ransomware attacks. The most targeted countries are United States, Brazil, India, South Africa.

Which countries does Vect target?

Vect has attacked organizations in 12 countries. The top targeted countries are: United States, Brazil, India, South Africa.

Which industries does Vect target?

Vect most frequently targets the Technology, Manufacturing, Healthcare sectors based on victim disclosures in our database.

Is Vect still active?

Vect's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on April 15, 2026. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.