Narstco
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Full breach record for Narstco →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cicada3301 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
NARSTCO is North America's leading manufacturer and supplier of Steel Railroad Ties and Turnouts. NARSTCO Steel Ties are made in the USA from recycled steel. NARSTCO works with Class 1 railways, transit authorities, short line railways, regional railways, and numerous industrial facilities. If a company does not contact us, we will publish the data.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Jul 25, 2024
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 (1) · sorted by filing gap
- Massachusetts State AGbd_d2daa4e46466fa652024-10-14 · +81dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 2 filings
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Jul 25, last Oct 14 (MA) — a 81-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.
cicada3301
According to ransomware.live, Cicada3301 is a ransomware-as-a-service group (tracked as Repellent Scorpius by Palo Alto) that emerged in mid-2024 using Rust-based ransomware targeting Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems, suspected to be a successor of BlackCat/ALPHV and running an affiliate program with 20% commissions.