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Qilin ransomware deployments, including a U.S. healthcare provider

Date (as written)
since at least February 2025
Year
2025
Country
United States
Actors (as written)
Moonstone Sleet (affiliate of Qilin)
Actor pages
Moonstone Sleet
Tags (as written)
ransomware (ransomware-as-a-service)

Source entries (1)

Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) report, 22 Oct 2025

Qilin ransomware deployments, including a U.S. healthcare provider · since at least February 2025
(MSMT/2025/2, report p. 39) “Since at least February 2025, DPRK actors associated with Moonstone Sleet leased ransomware capabilities from a non-state, Russia-based cybercrime group named Qilin (also known as Agenda) ... Moonstone Sleet actors deployed Qilin ransomware on multiple victim networks, including a U.S. healthcare provider, using malicious domain, “hiremployee[.]com.””
https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/pdfs/2025-10-22_MSMT-Report.pdf

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