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A & L Auto Recyclers

bd_600c9184a9b3bb7b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Nov 18, 2024

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for A & L Auto Recyclers2 incidents on file

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Blacklock 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: Transportation/LogisticsDiscovered: 2025-05-16

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

A & L Auto Recyclers is an auto recycling and parts company located in Lakeshore, Ontario, Canada. This eco-friendly organization specializes in the purchase and resale of used auto parts. Their salvage yard holds a wide array of vehicles of various makes and models, offering consumers cost-effective options for parts. They also provide services for unwanted vehicles, acquiring them for parts or scrap and ensuring environmentally safe disposal.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Nov 18, 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 2023-11-27

blacklock

According to ransomware.live, BlackLock is a rebranded version of another ransomware group known as Eldorado. It has since become one of the most active extortion syndicates in 2025, heavily targeting technology, manufacturing, construction, finance, and retail sectors.

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