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Cottles Asphalt Maintenance Inc

bd_2c16ce6d31ca6917 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Nov 14, 2024

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Cottles Asphalt Maintenance Inc2 incidents on file

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Meow 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: Business ServicesDiscovered: 2024-11-14

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

<p>Dear customers!<\/p><p>We are pleased to offer exclusive access to over 40 GB of confidential data from Cottles Asphalt Maintenance Inc., a family owned company with over 40 years of expertise in paving and infrastructure services. Based in Everett, Pennsylvania, Cottles serves clients across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and supports larger projects nationwide. The company specializes in asphalt and concrete paving for residential, commercial, and municipal projects, delivering durable solutions for driveways, parking lots, and roadways.<\/p><p>Key Services Offered:<br>Asphalt and Concrete Paving: High quality paving for various infrastructure needs.<br>Drilling and Shoring: Including conventional and down the hole hammer drilling, and earth shoring systems like HPile, sheeting, and trench boxes.<br>Site Development: Services include excavation, stormwater management, and utility installation.<br>Bridge Construction and Rehabilitation: Expertise in projects ranging from residential bridges to interstate highway structures.<br>Design Build Services: Comprehensive project design, build, and permitting support to ensure regulatory compliance.<\/p><p>Cottles Asphalt Maintenance is committed to delivering high quality work with integrity and fairness, supported by a dedicated team ensuring efficiency and excellence in every project.<\/p><p>This comprehensive data pack includes:<br>Employee Data: Personal details, passport and drivers license scans.<br>Client Information: Contact details, service agreements.<br>Contracts and Commercial Agreements: Insurance policies and project contracts.<br>Financial Documents: Invoices, bank account details, credit reports.<br>Personal Data: Dates of birth, identification documents.<br>Medical Information: Health insurance details and related records.<br>And much more.<\/p><p>This data pack provides a unique look into Cottles Asph

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Nov 14, 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.

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The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2023-09-04

meow

According to ransomware.live, Meow emerged in 2022 (resurfacing aggressively in 2024), initially operating as a RaaS using the Conti v2 codebase before transitioning to a data-extortion-only model — selling stolen data rather than encrypting files — with a heavy focus on US healthcare and medical research organizations.

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