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CDS (an HPE company)

bd_0e2989f0120370f8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Jul 15, 2024

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Black Basta 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: TechnologyDiscovered: 2024-07-15

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

CDS, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company CDS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and although an integral part of delivery operations in EMEA, is a separate legal entity providing true multi-vendor service capability for Hewlett Packard Enterprise customers. The Hewlett Packard Enterprise service offerings are contained in a single portfolio of branded services, which are delivered by both CDS and Hewlett Packard Enterprise service teams. CDS specialises in on-site delivery for multi-vendor products and technical services. CDS was formed after the acquisition of Synstar plc which had over 40 years’ experience of delivering multi-vendor services across Europe. Our company has a long tradition of delivering highly customised services and we pride ourselves on our commitment to customer satisfaction. This broad range of skills coupled with an agile workforce creates flexibility in service solutions which can be tailored to individual customers needs. CDS embraces all of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s values and commitment to employees and customers alike.SITE: www.hpecds.com Address : Berkshire, GB - Winnersh Triangle 210 Wharfedale Road Berkshire, RG41 5TP, United KingdomALL DATA SIZE: ≈500gb 1. Company data 2. Confidential data 3. Human Resources, Hire data 4. Personal employees documents 5. Clients data 6. Projects & etc...

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Jul 15, 2024

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

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.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

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.