Mortons Media Group Ltd
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Full breach record for Mortons Media Group Ltd →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Black Basta 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
Mortons Media Group Ltd has a rich company history that stretches back into the Victorian era, and while the company has massively evolved since then, what Mortons does has stayed true to its original roots as a pioneer printers and publishers...Fast forward to today and with printing and publishing still at its core, Mortons shows no signs of slowing down. The launch of new websites, the upgrading of current systems and the introduction of new products, services and events is currently at the heart of Mortons’ activities as it embraces the exciting challenges that the new digital age has to offer.With four divisions covering publishing, events, print and mailing, Mortons Media Group Ltd continues to embody the values of quality and progress that have been ingrained into our company from the very start.Mortons offers over 20 specialist publications covering niche markets such as classic motorcycles and cars, railways and gardening, all of which are produced in-house by the many dedicated teams designing, writing and editing.Mortons also own and organise over 30 of the UK’s biggest specialist motorcycle and car events from classic bike and car shows to autojumbles and off-road motorcycles.With Mortons being named PrintWeek 2017, 2018 & 2021 Regional Newspaper Printer of the Year, our coldset Web offset printing continues to provide quality printing services to more then 450 newspaper titles per month, with a print run of over 10,000,000 copies.Our final division, mailing, provides a wide range of options, from single letters to polywrapped multi-insert packs. Our mailing services aim to save customers time and money without compromising on quality.SITE: https://www.mortons.co.uk Address Media Centre Morton WayHorncastle, LincolnshireLN9 6JR, United Kingdom
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Mar 8, 2023
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.