State of Ransomware: June 2026
Published 1 July 2026 · ThreatVectr Intelligence
Ransomware groups claimed 712 attacks on organisations worldwide in June 2026, down 7% on the previous month's 769. 70 distinct groups posted at least one victim during the month, across 78 countries. The busiest single day was 15 June, with 55 victims listed.
The Gentlemen was the most active operation of the month, claiming 117 victims — 16% of all listings. Qilin (78) and LockBit (34) followed. 8 groups appeared for the first time, including Settra, Dark project, Booba project, Xpl0itrs.
Business Services bore the heaviest targeting, with 114 claimed victims, ahead of Manufacturing (80) and Technology (64). By geography, United States accounted for 206 claims — 29% of the month — with Germany (49) and United Kingdom (24) next.
Claims per day — June 2026
Most active groups
- 1The Gentlemen111716%
- 2Qilin17811%
- 3LockBit3345%
- 4Akira·304%
- 5INC Ransom·304%
- 6Nova2284%
- 7SettraNew264%
- 8DragonForce5254%
- 9SafePay·203%
- 10Shinyhunters11203%
First seen this month:Settra, Dark project, Booba project, Xpl0itrs, Unsafe, Wallstreet, Blackfield, Redact
Most-targeted sectors
- 1Business Services114
- 2Manufacturing80
- 3Technology64
- 4Consumer Services56
- 5Healthcare56
- 6Agriculture and Food Production36
- 7Construction32
- 8Transportation/Logistics26
- 9Public Sector22
- 10Education21
Most-affected countries
- 1United States206
- 2Germany49
- 3United Kingdom24
- 4Canada22
- 5France19
- 6Brazil18
- 7India18
- 8Italy17
- 9Mexico14
- 10Thailand14
Every figure in this report counts a claim posted to a criminal leak site, observed via the monitoring service ransomware.live. A listing is an extortion tactic, not a confirmed breach: some claims are exaggerated, some are duplicates under new branding, and a few are outright false. Companies named in listings have not necessarily confirmed any incident, and ThreatVectr does not publish victim names from this dataset.
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