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Snatch, also known as Snatch Team and the Snatch ransomware group, is a financially motivated cybercriminal operation active since 2018. It conducts enterprise network intrusions, data theft, and ransomware attacks, using encryption and threatened publication of stolen information for double extortion. Its targets include organizations in the United States, Canada, and Germany, with victims spanning healthcare, information technology, and consulting services. Snatch was an early adopter of public naming-and-shaming tactics, publishing stolen customer data from German IT company Citycomp in May 2019. The group combines automated brute-force attacks against internet-exposed remote services, particularly RDP, with hands-on-keyboard activity after gaining access. Observed intrusions include compromise of an administrator account on a Microsoft Azure server, movement to a domain controller, prolonged network reconnaissance, LSASS memory dumping, internal port scanning, and exfiltration of host, user, and business data. Its toolkit includes custom data-stealing malware, Cobalt Strike, remote-access components, and legitimate administrative utilities such as PsExec. Operators have maintained access for weeks before deploying ransomware and have used services and surveillance software for persistence. Snatch is particularly associated with forcing Windows systems to reboot into Safe Mode before encryption, circumventing endpoint security products that do not operate in that environment. Its ransomware establishes a service capable of running in Safe Mode and deletes Volume Shadow Copies to inhibit recovery. Observed Windows encryptors are written in Go and packed with UPX; the operation has also used Linux variants. Snatch has recruited partners through Russian-language criminal forums, offering training and infrastructure to individuals with existing corporate-network access. It operates a dedicated data-leak site to publish stolen information and pressure victims into payment.
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Referenced as another ransomware group known for abusing Safe Mode.
Mentioned only as a comparative example of another ransomware group known to use Safe Mode tactics.
Named as one of multiple ransomware groups operating data leak sites and listing fresh victims.
Mentioned only as a historical example of a ransomware family known to use Safe Mode to impair defenses.
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