LockBit 5.0 ransomware attacks in India
LockBit 5.0 has posted 9 Indian organisations on its leak site since Dec 2025, 9 of them in the past 12 months, making it the 5th 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
Russia (evidence: confirmed by police)
LockBit’s leader was named as Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev and sanctioned by the UK, US and Australia in May 2024.
Sources: UK National Crime Agency. 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.