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GLOBALMalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareCloakRansom DemandedActor NamedMedium

The Newtron Group, L.L.C.

bd_557983455042556b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Dec 1, 2023

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Newtron Group, L.L.C. →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cloak 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: TechnologyDiscovered: 2023-12-01

Source: Ransomware.live

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Dec 1, 2023

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 50d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGOct 13 · first
California State AGOct 13 · first
Maine State AGOct 13 · first
Montana State AGOct 13 · first
Indiana State AGOct 13 · first
Vermont State AGOct 13 · first

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.

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 2023-08-24

cloak

According to ransomware.live, Cloak is a ransomware-as-a-service operation active since late 2022, primarily targeting small-to-medium enterprises in Europe — especially Germany — across manufacturing, healthcare, education, and government sectors, with expansion into North American and Asian targets by 2025.

168 victims claimed globally168 tracked hereFull profile →