According to a recent report by NCC Group on cyber incidents in the second quarter of this year, Safepay was the fourth biggest ransomware player during the three-month period, behind Qilin, Akira and Play. But looking at May alone, it made 70 attack claims, which made it the most active threat group for the month.
Among its known victims, said NCC Group, was Microlise, a logistics technology firm that saw the exfiltration of 1.2TB of company data and the encryption of its virtual machines.
Ransomware attacks increase
In a report on ransomware released this week, researchers at Zscaler ThreatLabz said the number of organizations listed on all ransomware leak sites rose 70% in the 12 month period ending in April.
