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The Nexus
Report

Ransomware victims: by the numbers

Every victim a ransomware group names on its leak site, aggregated by The Nexus. Counts reflect leak-site postings (claimed attacks), not confirmed breaches. Updated daily.

As of 2026-08-26
5,400
Victims tracked
1,842
Named this month
+6% vs last month
153
Groups with victims
152
Active groups (90d)

In the last 90 days, Manufacturing was the most-targeted sector (6% of victims with a known sector), and victims were concentrated in US.

Victims named per month
1
Jan 2026
1
Apr 2026
367
May 2026
1454
Jun 2026
1734
Jul 2026
1842
Aug 2026
Top sectors (90d)
Manufacturing328
Technology264
Healthcare216
Business Services210
Professional Services151
Financial Services128
Agriculture and Food Production96
Consumer Services84
Retail & E-Commerce74
Education68
Top countries (90d)
US789
DE138
GB93
IT80
BR69
CA68
FR54
IN53
MX51
ES37
Most active groups (90d)
qilin686
the gentlemen410
Storm-2697328
Cl0p177
dragonforce170
krybit166
akira163
safepay131
lockbit5116
nova111
Methodology & citation

The Nexus aggregates victims that ransomware and extortion groups publish on their dark-web leak sites. A “victim” is an organization a group has named; it reflects a claimed attack, not a verified breach, and groups sometimes re-post or exaggerate. Sector and country are classified per victim; some are unclassified and excluded from the sector and country lists. Counts are by leak-site posting date. The full, source-linked victim list and per-group profiles are on the live tracker.

Cite this report

The Nexus Ransomware Victims Tracker, https://thenexus.news/underground/report (accessed 2026-08-26).