Conti
Ransomware group targeting primarily Microsoft products
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| May 2025 | A whistleblower using the alias GangExposed began publicly naming members of the Conti ransomware gang on Telegram, revealing key participants including Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev (leader), Vladimir Viktorovich Kvitko, Andrey Yuryevich Zhuykov, and Mikhail Mikhailovich Tsaryov. |
| 2022 | During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Conti Group publicly announced support for Russia and threatened to deploy 'retaliatory measures' against potential cyberattacks on the country. |
| May 2022 | The United States government announced a reward of up to $10 million for information on the Conti ransomware group. |
| February 27 2022 | An anonymous supporter of Ukraine leaked approximately 60,000 internal chat messages, source code, and files from the Conti ransomware group, exposing their internal communications and activities from the start of 2020 to this date. |
| November 12 2021 | By November 12, 2021, Conti ransomware had targeted multiple sectors including retail, insurance, manufacturing, telecommunications, and healthcare, with the United States being the most targeted country. |
| April 2021 | A Conti ransomware group member claimed to have an unnamed journalist who takes a 5% share of ransomware payments by pressuring victims to pay. |
| January 1 2021 | Conti ransomware began targeting multiple industries globally, with the United States experiencing over one million attack attempts between January 1 and November 12, 2021. |
| 2020 | Vladimir Viktorovich Kvitko moved to Dubai, potentially establishing a base of operations for the Conti ransomware group in the United Arab Emirates. |
| 2020 | Conti ransomware group begins operating a document leak site to publish stolen data from victim organizations. |
| December 2019 | Conti ransomware was first developed and used by the Russia-based hacking group 'Wizard Spider'. |
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