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OMara Ag Equipment

bd_903f4438e4825029 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Nov 14, 2024

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for OMara Ag Equipment

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Meow 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: 2024-11-14

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

<p>Dear customers!<\/p><p>We are excited to offer exclusive access to over 93 GB of confidential data from OMara Ag Equipment, a leading company specializing in the design, manufacturing, and installation of equipment for the seed and grain industries. With a wide product range, including bulk seed corn dryers, custom bins and hoppers, bucket elevators, conveyors, and various seed drying systems, OMara Ag Equipment delivers value engineered solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of its clients.<\/p><p>Key Services and Offerings:<br>Plant Design: Expertly crafted layouts for efficient operations.<br>Custom Fabrication: Tailored equipment solutions to match unique requirements.<br>General Contracting: Comprehensive support from project initiation to completion.<br>Product Range: Includes advanced drying systems, conveyors, and storage solutions.<\/p><p>With over 150 years of combined team experience, OMara is committed to enhancing productivity and efficiency in seed production operations through high quality products and services.<\/p><p>This comprehensive data pack includes:<br>Employee Data: Personal details, passport and drivers license scans.<br>Client Information: Contact details, contracts, and service agreements.<br>Contracts and Agreements: Insurance policies, business contracts, and technical service agreements.<br>Financial Documents: Bank account statements, insurance and software service invoices, payment receipts, liability insurance certificates, tax forms, and notifications.<br>Licenses and Instructions: Licensing documentation and operational guides.<br>Personal Data: Dates of birth, identification scans.<br>Medical Records: Insurance details and related documentation.<br>And much more.<\/p><p>This data pack provides valuable insights into OMara Ag Equipments operations, making it particularly relevant for professionals in agricultural technology

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Nov 14, 2024

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.

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About this groupFirst seen 2023-09-04

meow

According to ransomware.live, Meow emerged in 2022 (resurfacing aggressively in 2024), initially operating as a RaaS using the Conti v2 codebase before transitioning to a data-extortion-only model — selling stolen data rather than encrypting files — with a heavy focus on US healthcare and medical research organizations.

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