SafePay Ransomware Targets 260+ Victims Across Various Countries

**SafePay ransomware** is a sophisticated, closed ransomware group responsible for over 265 victims since September 2024, primarily targeting developed economies (notably the US and Germany) with double-extortion attacks that combine file encryption (.safepay) and data theft published on a dark web leak site; the report describes initial access via credential theft, exposed VPN/RDP, MFA bypass, living-off-the-land execution, persistence via legitimate remote tools and custom malware (e.g., QDoor), large-scale exfiltration, and mapped MITRE ATT&CK techniques and IoCs.