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CENTRAL NATIONAL GOTTESMAN INC.

bd_1bdfacc491258569 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Mar 2, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 records

Confidence

50%
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.

Group activity: Not FoundDiscovered: 2026-04-30
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Source: Ransomware.live

Company description · AI-generated by the aggregator, not the leak post

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.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Mar 2, 2026

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 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGAug 1 · first
Indiana State AG+26d
Vermont State AG+26d
Texas State AG+27d

Pattern: first filing Aug 1 (MA), last Aug 28 (TX) — a 27-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 2025-04-17

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.

117 victims claimed globally117 tracked hereFull profile →