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PSB Sementi

bd_1ffb3b42d2c23fca · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

May 17, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for PSB Sementi

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group M3rx 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: 2026-05-17

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

+39 051 890 421. Società Produttori Sementi S.p.A. (PSB) is one of Italy’s oldest and most prestigious agricultural enterprises, specializing in the research, genetic improvement, multiplication, and distribution of certified seeds. For over a century, PSB has been a cornerstone of the Mediterranean agricultural supply chain, bridging the gap between scientific field research and the industrial food sector. Stolen: 364gb 280k files

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

May 17, 2026

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.

About this groupFirst seen 2026-04-29

m3rx

According to ransomware.live, M3rx is a small ransomware group first observed in 2025, using AES-CTR/AES-GCM encryption and targeting organizations in England, the US, Australia, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, with around eight claimed victims including a Sydney-based property firm.

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