# Qilin ransomware claims AFSARD victim

Published: 2026-08-30 · Severity: high
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/4b9c7e94-8f87-5d2a-bcbe-689054434900/qilin-ransomware-claims-afsard-victim

> Qilin ransomware gang claims compromise of AFSARD with exfiltration of employee credentials and data.

Ransomware.live, an indexing platform for publicly disclosed ransomware victims, reports that the Qilin ransomware operation has claimed a victim in the AFSARD organization. According to the posting, the compromise involved 10 compromised employees, 123 compromised users, and 5 third-party employee credentials. The attacker claims to have conducted reconnaissance of the victim's external attack surface, identifying 15 exploitable entry points and capturing DNS records. The article does not disclose the underlying stolen data in accordance with the platform's policy of indexing only publicly visible ransomware operator disclosures. Defenders at organizations in similar sectors should assess their exposure to Qilin's known attack vectors and credential compromise risks.

## Mentioned in this report

- Threat actors: qilin
- Malware: Qilin

Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/QUZTQVJEQHFpbGlu

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