Maze ransomware group
Maze is one of the extortion operations we watch continuously. This page covers what is known about the group and the current state of its leak site, which we last saw change 17h ago.
Who they are
Maze Ransomware encrypts files and makes them inaccessible while adding a custom extension containing part of the ID of the victim. The ransom note is placed inside a text file and an htm file. There are a few different extensions appended to files which are randomly generated.
Actors are known to exfiltrate the data from the network for further extortion. It spreads mainly using email spam and various exploit kits (Spelevo, Fallout).
The code of Maze ransomware is highly complicated and obfuscated, which helps to evade security solutions using signature-based detections.
Current status
Maze's leak site is answering our checks. That does not mean the group is actively posting — plenty of sites stay up for months with nothing new on them — but the infrastructure is live.
The last change we recorded on it was 17h ago (4 Sep 2026 19:03 UTC).
Which organisations this group has named, and when, is part of the SINON platform rather than this page. Create an account to search it, or to be told automatically if a name you care about turns up.
Sectors targeted
This group does not state an industry on its site, so we have nothing reliable to report. Most crews are opportunistic rather than sector-specific in any case — they hit what they can reach.
Watching for your name
If Maze posts your company, a supplier or a subsidiary, you want to hear it from us rather than from a journalist. SINON checks these sites continuously and alerts on the names you give it.
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