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Software Design Consulting Group

bd_5adb8900c88dc781 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Jul 28, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Software Design Consulting Group2 incidents on file

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.

Group activity: TechnologyDiscovered: 2025-07-28

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Software Design Consulting Group specializes in tailored software solutions aimed at optimizing business processes across various industries in Dubai, Beirut, and Riyadh. The company offers a range of products, including ERP systems, mobile solutions, and management tools, designed for retail, media booking, and construction sectors. Their services also include project management, training, customization, and ongoing support to ensure successful software implementation and client satisfaction. With over 40 years of ERP experience, they focus on innovative solutions and exceptional customer service to drive clients' business growth.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jul 28, 2025

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 2022-10-20

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.

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