NightSpire ransomware attacks in India
NightSpire has posted 13 Indian organisations on its leak site since Mar 2025, 11 of them in the past 12 months, making it the 4th 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
Unclear: possible India-linked operators with Chinese-speaking involvement (evidence: weak or none)
Researchers point to handles and language cues, and to a data-theft server on an Indian university network that was more likely compromised. None of it is confirmed.
Sources: Barracuda, May 2026. 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.