CENTRAL NATIONAL GOTTESMAN INC.
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Full breach record for CENTRAL NATIONAL GOTTESMAN INC. →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Payoutsking 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
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Central National Gottesman is a privately held global pulp and paper merchant headquartered in Purchase, New York, USA. Founded in 1886, the company distributes printing and writing papers, packaging materials, pulp, and tissue products. It operates across multiple continents, serving publishers, printers, and converters. It is one of the largest independent paper distribution companies in the world.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Mar 2, 2026
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
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
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- Massachusetts State AGbd_582de718ec95db8f2026-08-01 · +152dVerified by operator
- Vermont State AGbd_eeff38a8e1bb50b02026-08-27 · +178dVerified by operator
- Texas State AGbd_4a0793cda90461572026-08-28 · +179dCandidate
Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Mar 2, last Aug 28 (TX) — a 179-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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.
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.
payoutsking
According to ransomware.live, PayoutsKing is an active ransomware group observed through at least 2026 that has claimed attacks against a wide range of industries internationally — including Del Monte Foods and V. FRAAS — across the US, UK, Germany, and Ireland using standard double-extortion tactics.