Green Blood Group

Force in Play

Active threat actor with multiple claimed victims

Senegal's entire population of 19.5 million people may have had their biometric data stolen in a ransomware attack on the government agency that issues national ID cards and passports. A newly emerged group called Green Blood claims it exfiltrated 139 gigabytes of citizen records—including fingerprints, photographs, and identity documents—from the Directorate of File Automation, forcing the agency to suspend operations in early February 2026.

Updated Feb 10