Don't pay Vect a ransom - your data's likely already wiped out

Check Point Research analyzed malware used by the Vect ransomware-as-a-service group (partnered with TeamPCP) and found that the tool is effectively a wiper: it permanently destroys any file larger than 128 KB across Windows, Linux, and ESXi variants due to nonce-handling and other implementation flaws, making recovery impossible. The report describes Vect and TeamPCP's supply-chain compromises (targeting tools like Trivy and LiteLLM), their use of credential-stealing malware for initial access, the groups' extortion and leak site activity (25 victims listed), and notes the low technical quality of the malware despite malicious intent.