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GLOBALUnknownRansomwareCactusLow

SCANSOURCE, INC.

bd_4fc6c8360fd9d1a1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Filed

May 14, 2023

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

60%
Full breach record for SCANSOURCE, INC.

Press / market disclosure — not a breach-notification filing

A media or market posting that confirms an incident but carries no breach-notification fields, so compliance clocks aren't assessable. The summary below is extracted from the coverage — verify against the source.

ScanSource says ransomware attack behind multi-day outages. ScanSource: ScanSource, a US-based technology services provider, was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected some of its systems, business operations, and customer portals. The attack began on May 14, 2023, and resulted in delays in service delivery to customers in North America and Brazil. The company has activated its incident response plan and notified the relevant authorities. Cybersecurity experts have been engaged to help minimize operational disruptions caused by the incident. It is not yet known which ransomware operation is behind the attack or whether any data has been stolen. Linked ransomware group: cactus.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

May 14, 2023

Press report

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Attack → press

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
PressMay 14 · first · this page
SEC 8-K+100d

Pattern: first filing May 14, last Aug 22 — a 100-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market reportThis record

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.

Source ceiling

  • incident type + narrative only (may be machine-translated)
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • affected count
  • data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2023-07-03

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

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