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Cristal Controls

bd_6d6b9401480044e0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Dec 16, 2022

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Cristal Controls

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group BlackSuit (formerly Royal) 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: ManufacturingDiscovered: 2022-12-16

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Cristal Controls manufactures energy management systems, low voltage lighting control systems, temperature controls, humidity controls, and automation electronic products for manufacturers, specialized distributors, and integrators. We design all our systems and provide the necessary product training.One of our main objectives is to ensure continued growth by delivering high-quality products within the specified deadline. We maintain close business relations with our customers by bringing them the appropriate solutions that truly fulfill their needs.Cristal Controls, manufacturer of SCR and SSR power controllers, and of lighting control systems and energy management systems, was founded in Québec City in 1991. Since its creation, the company has maintained a solid and steady growth. Starting with only two employees and limited production capabilities, Cristal Controls’ team is now made up of almost 30 members, all working together for the success of your projects.With the years, we have gained a solid and considerable expertise in many lines of products, such as SCR and Triac modulating energy controllers, linear step controllers, BACnet’s energy management systems, low voltage lighting control systems, and automation systems.Cristal Controls collaborates with many major companies by providing them with high quality products as well as by developping for them customized solutions that meet their specific needs.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Dec 16, 2022

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 2023-06-12

blacksuit

According to ransomware.live, According to Trend Micro, this ransomware has significant code overlap with Royal Ransomware.

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