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Kazyon

bd_516a20df38d1ebd8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Dec 13, 2024

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Kazyon

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Moneymessage 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.

Group activity: Business ServicesDiscovered: 2024-12-13

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Kazyon is a prominent discount supermarket chain based in Egypt. Founded in 2014, it focuses on providing affordable grocery options to consumers. Kazyon operates numerous stores across the country, emphasizing cost-effective pricing and accessibility. The company aims to offer a wide range of products, including fresh produce, packaged goods, and household items, catering to diverse customer needs.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Dec 13, 2024

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

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

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

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

Press / market report

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.

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.

About this groupFirst seen 2023-01-04

moneymessage

According to ransomware.live, Money Message emerged in March 2023 targeting Windows and Linux systems across banking, transportation, and professional services sectors, demanding ransoms in the millions and publishing stolen data on their blog if unpaid, with most known victims based in the US.

35 victims claimed globally35 tracked hereFull profile →