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GLOBALMalwareTelecom & MediaInformationRansomwareCl0pRansom DemandedActor NamedMedium

AFL

bd_9b0d3e59aadd33db · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Nov 13, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cl0p 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: TelecommunicationDiscovered: 2025-11-13

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

AFLGLOBAL.COM is the digital presence of AFL, a global manufacturer of products and services for the telecom, energy, and industries sectors. Based in Duncan, SC, AFL's offerings include fiber optic cable, transmission, and substation accessories, and it provides network services. Founded in 1984, the company has operations in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Nov 13, 2025

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.