# UNC4696

> As of 2026-05-30, UNC4696 is a threat actor tracked by Threadlinqs Intelligence across 1 threat spanning ransomware.

- **Tracked threats:** 1
- **Categories:** RANSOMWARE
- **As of:** 2026-05-30

## Tracked threats

- [Nitrogen Ransomware Coding Bug Permanently Destroys ESXi Data — Curve25519 Memory Corruption Makes Decryption Mathematically Impossible, Even Attackers Can't Decrypt, Azote Group UNC4696, Malvertising via Google/Bing Ads, Conti 2 Derivative](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0105) — CRITICAL

## Full data

Infrastructure, IOC values and detection queries (Splunk SPL / Microsoft KQL / Sigma) require the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/UNC4696