PEZ Candy USA
bd_8fccb962a0bfc8be · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Abyss 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
Post text · scraped from the leak site
PEZ was first marketed as a compressed peppermint candy in 1927 in Vienna, Austria. Today, the company sells and markets its products worldwide with locations in Orange, Connecticut and Traun, Austria.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Dec 6, 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
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap
- Massachusetts State AGbd_98d453a4cc83f0932025-05-06 · +151dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 2 filings
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Dec 6, last May 6 (MA) — a 151-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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.
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.
abyss
According to ransomware.live, Abyss (also known as Abyss Locker) is a ransomware operation first identified in March 2023, derived from the Babuk source code, that targets Windows and Linux/VMware ESXi systems using double-extortion tactics across healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and technology sectors — predominantly in North America.