Bavacai is a ransomware/extortion group name appearing in public ransomware claim tracking during 2026. It was repeatedly listed among the more active groups in weekly reporting, with reported victim claims in August and September 2026, including 9 claims in week 33, 15 in week 35, 14 in week 37, and 50 in week 38. These figures are self-reported criminal claims and do not independently confirm individual compromises or establish the group’s specific intrusion methods, malware, victim geography, or sector focus. No distinct aliases, country of origin, or sub-groups are established.
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Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.
Sectors the actor has been observed targeting.
Geographies tied to known operations.
1 distinct technique observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
6 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Referenced only as a comparison to explain the week-over-week decline in publicly claimed compromises.
Ransomware/extortion group claiming 14 compromises during week 37 of 2026.
Recorded 15 ransomware claims and newly appeared in the weekly top-ten activity ranking.
Newly appearing or newly exposed ransomware group in this weekly dataset, with 9 public claims in week 33 of 2026.
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Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
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Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.