Southern Avionics
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Full breach record for Southern Avionics →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group DragonForce 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
Southern Avionics specializes in marine and aviation navigation aids, including Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) production and support, serving a variety of operational needs worldwide. Their product lineup includes NDB transmitters, DGPS systems, antenna tuning units, and a range of accessories tailored for both industrial, civil, and military applications. The company also provides extensive services such as technical support, equipment training, field engineering, and onsite assistance for NDB and DGPS systems. With over six decades of experience in the industry, Southern Avionics continues to enhance their products to ensure safe and reliable navigation solutions.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Mar 31, 2025
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.
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- materiality
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The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
dragonforce
According to ransomware.live, DragonForce is a major ransomware-as-a-service operation first observed in August 2023 that launched a formal affiliate program offering 80% revenue share, then rebranded as a "ransomware cartel" in 2025, gaining notoriety for high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods.