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Adval Tech

bd_73275df9acd00d83 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Feb 20, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Adval Tech

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Lynx 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: 2025-03-06

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

The Adval Tech Group, which is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange, operates in the technology sectors of stamping and forming and injection molding. In stamping and forming technology, we use tools manufactured in-house to produce parts or components and also combine these into subassemblies where required. In injection molding technology, we manufacture molds for third parties and for in-house production of plastic components. The group's AWM, FOBOHA, Omni, Styner+Bienz, QSCH and Teuscher brands are technological leaders in their respective target markets and have an excellent reputation.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Feb 20, 2025

Claim posted

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteFeb 20 · first · this page
Press+10d

Pattern: first filing Feb 20, last Mar 2 — a 10-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 2023-05-22

lynx

According to ransomware.live, Lynx is a ransomware-as-a-service operation that emerged in mid-2024 as a rebrand of INC Ransomware (whose source code was sold for $300,000 on the RAMP forum), claiming ~300 victims across manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation with an 80/20 profit split for affiliates.

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