Global Secret Group is a ransomware and data-extortion threat actor active in 2026. The group has been observed claiming numerous victims across multiple countries, with a concentration of reported victims in the United States and additional activity affecting organizations in Europe, Canada, India, the Middle East, and South America. Reported victims span a broad set of sectors including financial services and insurance, health care, manufacturing, construction, retail, professional services, telecommunications, technology, real estate, and nonprofit organizations. The actor is associated with ransomware intrusions accompanied by theft of victim data and public victim claims, indicating an extortion-oriented operating model. Multiple incidents attributed to the group were described as ransomware attacks involving data breaches, and weekly tracking placed the group among the more active ransomware brands during late July 2026, including a period with 28 public claims. Available reporting supports use of data theft for coercion and public naming of victims via leak-style claims infrastructure, but does not provide high-confidence detail on specific malware lineage, initial access vectors, persistence mechanisms, or post-compromise tradecraft beyond the ransomware-and-exfiltration pattern. No reliable attribution to a nation state or specific country of origin is established from the available facts. No corroborated sub-groups or widely used alternate aliases are supported beyond the name Global Secret Group.
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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.
2 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
20 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Conducting a ransomware attack resulting in a data breach against Coggins Insurance Agency.
Conducting a ransomware attack resulting in a data breach against MACOFIN HELLAS S.A.
Conducting a ransomware attack resulting in a data breach against Cook Remodeling.
Conducting a ransomware attack resulting in a data breach against Pavillon in the United States.
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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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