Threats · 3 days ago
The Record reports that actors linked to NoName057(16) have published profiles of 18 European officials, law-enforcement figures and journalists, while offering cryptocurrency for more information about them and their families. The profiles include phone numbers, email addresses, social accounts and, in some cases, home addresses. The campaign appears to retaliate for a July 2025 operation that took more than 100 servers offline; some people on the list were involved.
The reward offer lets anyone with useful information add to the dossiers, rather than limiting collection to what the group has already published. Because relatives are explicitly in scope, the targeting can extend beyond the 18 profiles and bring families into the intimidation campaign.
For European organizations whose officials, investigators or journalists are publicly identified, the exposure reaches beyond the named individuals: relatives and people who can supply further details are now part of the target picture.
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The Record from Recorded Future
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Part of the PlainSec briefing for 2026-11-10