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FPL Food

bd_65f1ff5ff576f03f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Dec 16, 2024

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for FPL Food →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cactus 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: Agriculture and Food ProductionDiscovered: 2025-03-21
Listing address (not linked): https://cactusbloguuodvqjmnzlwetjlpj6aggc6iocwhuupb47laukux7ckid.onion/posts/FPLFOODView merged incident timeline

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

<p><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>11.02.2025 UPDATE! 100% Disclosed 21GB &gt;&gt; Download link #2<\/strong><\/mark><\/p><p>Food &amp; Beverage.<br><br>“FPL Food, LLC is the largest privately held vertically integrated beef processor in the Southeastern United States and is one of the largest privately held processors of fresh beef products and value added meat selections in the United States. The Company has four facilities, and serves several brands reaching retail and foodservice customers. The Company delivers beef products locally and exports worldwide.”<br><br>Website: <a href="https://fplfood.com/">https://fplfood.com/<\/a><br><br>Revenue : $675M<br><br>Address: 1301 New Savannah Rd, Augusta, Georgia, 30901, United States<br><br>Phone Number: ([REDACTED-PHONE]<br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Download link #1:<\/strong><\/mark> &nbsp;<a href="https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/FPLFOOD/PROOF/">https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/FPLFOOD/PROOF/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Mirror:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/FPLFOOD/PROOF/">https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/FPLFOOD/PROOF/<\/a><\/p><p><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Download link #2:<\/strong><\/mark> &nbsp;<a href="https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/FPLFOOD/full/">https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/FPLFOOD/full/<\/a><\/p><p><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Mirror:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/FPLFOOD/full/">https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/FPLFOOD/full/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>DATA DESCRIPTIONS:<\/stro

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Dec 16, 2024

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJul 3 · first
Montana State AG+6d
South Carolina State AG+6d
Massachusetts State AG+6d
Leak Site+166d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 3 (IN), last Dec 16 — a 166-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 2023-07-03

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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