Vice Society Overview

Ransomware group first seen in 2021. According to an interview with DC5411 they started “as a group of friends interested in pentesting” and moved into ransomware soon after.

“Money is not everything for us” they shared. Their first attacks featured Zeppelin
ransomware samples and in more recent times they have been seen using Lockbit samples as well.

Vice Society focuses mostly on academic infrastructure, having listed multiple universities and colleges as their victims.

In Argentina, they were responsible for encrypting – and leaking – the National Senate.