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North Star

bd_39061f6fa71334c3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Mar 5, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group INC Ransom 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: Financial ServicesDiscovered: 2026-03-05
View aggregator listing on ransomware.live

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

North Star Insurance Advisors is the leading final expense telesales company in America, dedicated to serving the senior market, agents, and partners. The company offers innovative training, a competitive compensation structure, and limitless growth opportunities for agents and partners. With over 40 years of combined experience, North Star utilizes proprietary technology to assist families with their final expense needs. As a purpose-driven organization, they prioritize people and aim to provide valuable resources to navigate life's challenges. Employees: 200 Revenue: $44.9 Million Industry: Insurance Phone Number: ([REDACTED-PHONE]

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Mar 5, 2026

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

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.