Helix Tools
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Full breach record for Helix Tools →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Safepay 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.
Source: Ransomware.live
Company description · AI-generated by the aggregator, not the leak post
Helix Tools provides high-quality tooling solutions for the engineering industry. Located in the UK, the company specializes in offering a wide range of tools including, but not limited to, drill bits, end mills, threading tools, and milling tools. They pride themselves on their comprehensive selection, exceptional customer service, and competitive pricing.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Mar 19, 2025
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
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
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- 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.
safepay
According to ransomware.live, SafePay emerged in September 2024 as a rapidly growing ransomware operation that explicitly disavows the RaaS model and manages all operations internally, claiming over 300 victims worldwide by mid-2025 with a high-profile early attack against UK telematics firm Microlise stealing 1.2 TB of data.