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GLOBALMalwareTelecom & MediaInformationRansomwareQilinRansom DemandedActor NamedData Leak ThreatenedData PublishedHigh

TAK Broadband LLC

bd_03faef4ae9503d3f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Sep 11, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 records

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Qilin on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: TelecommunicationDiscovered: 2025-09-12

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Broadband data leak. Those who provide access to new digital opportunities have failed to ensure their own cybersecurity. TAK West Shore is a subsidiary of TAK Broadband. They offer comprehensive service solutions in the field of fiber optic ...

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Sep 11, 2025

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 10 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 162d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGFeb 19 · first
Maine State AGFeb 19 · first
California State AGFeb 19 · first
Massachusetts State AGFeb 19 · first
Nebraska State AGFeb 19 · first
New Hampshire State AGFeb 19 · first
Indiana State AGFeb 19 · first

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2022-10-08

qilin

According to ransomware.live, Qilin ransomware was first observed in July of 2022. Qilin Ransomware is written in Golang and supports multiple encryption modes; all of which are controlled by the operator. Qilin actors practice double extortion – demanding payment for a decryptor, as well as for the non-release of stolen data.

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