Void Balaur

First seen
2016-01-01 00:00:00
Primary motivation
financial-gain
Sophistication
advanced
Resource level
organization
Actor type
criminal
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:03:08

Targeted industries: financial-services government-and-public-sector healthcare-and-pharmaceutical media-and-entertainment technology-and-telecommunications professional-services

Context

Void Balaur is a highly active hack-for-hire / cyber mercenary group with a wide range of known target types across the globe. Their services have been observed for sale to the public online since at least 2016. Services include the collection of private data and access to specific online email and social media services, such as Gmail, Outlook, Telegram, Yandex, Facebook, Instagram, and business emails.

Reports & references

  • sentinelone.com — The Sprawling Infrastructure Of A Careless Mercenary (report)
  • blog.google — Countering Hack For Hire Groups (report)
  • Trend Micro — Wp Void Balaur Tracking A Cybermercenarys Activities (report)
  • amnesty.org — Targeted Surveillance Attacks In Uzbekistan An Old Threat With New Techniques (report)
  • equalit.ie — Deflect Labs Report 6 (report)

External references