Galab Laboratories GmbH
bd_3ec350f4c912234d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cactus 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
<p>Business Services.<br><br>“GALAB is an independent service laboratory for external quality control. We analyse and evaluate food, food packaging, consumer products or hygiene products and their raw materials for substances or contaminants.”<br><br>Website: <a href="https://www.galab.com/">https://www.galab.com/<\/a><br><br>Revenue : $7.9M<br><br>Address: Am Schleusengraben, Hamburg, Hamburg, 21029, Germany<br><br>Phone Number: +49 403680770<br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Download link #1:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/GALAB/PROOF/">https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/GALAB/PROOF/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Mirror:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/GALAB/PROOF/">https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/GALAB/PROOF/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>DATA DESCRIPTIONS:<\/strong><\/mark> Database backups, corporate data, projects\drawings, corporate correspondence, etc.<\/p><p><img src="/uploads/E_Liquid_IFU_E8340_Ethanol_DE_2023_06_V04_64e0c47a72.png" alt="E-Liquid_IFU_E8340_Ethanol_DE_2023-06_V04.png"><img src="/uploads/WG_alpha_cypermethrin_EUPT_FV_26_a8d516b431.png" alt="WG_ alpha cypermethrin EUPT-FV26.png"><img src="/uploads/EURL_FV_2021_M43_Liners_Technical_Report_912dbdc7f9.png" alt="EURL-FV-2021-M43-Liners Technical Report.png"><img src="/uploads/ICPMS_Tune_Report_240814_0922_3033dd9dd9.png" alt="ICPMS-TuneReport 240814_0922.png"><img src="/uploads/240904_Gluten_Auswertung_wdh_1d4887c954.png" alt="240904_Gluten_Auswertung_wdh.png"><\/p>
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Sep 8, 2024
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
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.
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.
cactus
According to ransomware.live, The CACTUS ransomware is said to have emerged around March 2023. The group became known for exploiting vulnerabilities to gain initial access and maintain a presence within the organization's infrastructure. There is little known information about the ransomware group, except that it emerged on the mentioned date and, following encryption, a text file named 'cAcTuS.readme.txt' would be created. Additionally, encrypted files were altered to the '.cts1' extension, and data exfiltration and victim extortion were conducted through the use of the service known as Tox. Source: https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs