DragonForce ransomware attacks in India
DragonForce has posted 9 Indian organisations on its leak site since Sep 2024, 8 of them in the past 12 months, making it the 8th most active group in India over that period. The sector it hits most often in India is manufacturing.
Indian victims by month
Red bars are the past 12 months.
Sectors hit in India, all time
Indian victims by year
Where in India, past 12 months
Victims whose head office state could be confirmed, in states with at least 3 located victims. Smaller states are left out so no organisation can be picked out.
Where it comes from
Russian-linked (evidence: moderate)
Uses Russian-linked infrastructure and recruits on RAMP. Not the Malaysian hacktivist group of the same name.
Sources: Bitdefender, Jun 2025. How evidence levels are judged: method.
Other gangs active in India
Leak-site counts from ransomware.live’s public data for victims with country India, as of 16 Oct 2026. A post is a claim made by a criminal group, not a confirmed breach, and the real number of attacks is higher. Victims are never named on this site. See the method.