Gold Star Mortgage
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Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Braincipher 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.
Source: Ransomware.live
Company description · AI-generated by the aggregator, not the leak post
N/A I don't have reliable, verified information about a specific company operating at "goldstarfinancial.com." There are multiple businesses that have used similar "Gold Star Financial" naming conventions in different jurisdictions (this is a fairly generic name used by mortgage brokers, lending companies, and financial services firms in various countries), so I cannot confidently confirm which specific entity this domain refers to, its current operational status, ownership, or verified business details without risking inaccurate attribution. If you can provide additional context (such as the specific country, registration details, or services advertised on the site), I can help assess it more accurately. Alternatively, if this is for threat intelligence purposes, I'd recommend verifying details through domain registration records (WHOIS), business registries, or regulatory filings relevant to
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Sep 23, 2026
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
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
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
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.
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- 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.
braincipher
According to ransomware.live, Brain Cipher emerged in July 2024. Both Windows and Linux variants are available. Brain Cipher using the leaked build of LockBit Black for their operations. The group suspected to have exploited CVE-2023-28252 (Microsoft Windows CLFS Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability). The Ransom demand ranges from $150,000 to $1,00,0000. Demand to be paid with Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency. In 2025, they have shifted their new Negotiation portal to new server with vanity TOR Domain starting with 'brain'.