Threat Actor

Water Galura

Also known as: Water Galura, GOLD FEATHER

Water Galura are the operators of the Qilin Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) who handle payload generation, ransom negotiations, and the publication of stolen data for Qilin affilates recruited on Russian cybercrime forums. Water Galura have been active since at least 2022 and use a double extortion model where they demand payment for providing decryption keys and for refraining from publishing the stolen data to their leak site.

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Properties

Last source
MITRE ATT&CK
STIX ID
intrusion-set--be8847e0-9512-45db-895e-f871ab6d3820
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Retrieved at
2026-11-02T16:56:30+00:00
Type
intrusion-set

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (3)

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Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486)

Adversaries may encrypt data on target systems or on large numbers of systems in a network to interrupt availability to system and network resources.

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Financial Theft (T1657)

Adversaries may steal monetary resources from targets through extortion, social engineering, technical theft, or other methods aimed at their own fina

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Social Media Accounts (T1585.001)

Adversaries may create and cultivate social media accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can create social media accounts that can be

Software & Tools (2)

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Qilin [malware]

Qilin is a ransomware family operated as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) that has been active since at lea

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Tor [tool]

Tor is a software suite and network that provides increased anonymity on the Internet. It creates a multi-h

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