OTEGROUP
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Full breach record for OTEGROUP →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Blacknevas 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
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OTE Group, founded in 1991, is one of Oman's leading business groups and part of Saad Bahwan Holding — a family-run enterprise and one of the oldest and largest privately owned business houses in Oman, with interests in over 15 industries and 30+ companies across the Gulf region.Starting as a small, one-franchise business, OTE Group has grown into a diversified powerhouse operating in 14 industries across 4 countries — Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria — with 200+ customer touchpoints, and continued expansion underway.The group's core business spans automotive (exclusive distributor for brands like Cadillac, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Isuzu, Subaru, and GWM), electronics and home appliances, and polymer color concentrates for the plastics industry, alongside historical interests in auto parts, lubricants, tires, batteries, vehicle leasing, and vocational training. The company credits its growth to collaboration, cross-cultural understanding, and talent development.
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Aug 1, 2026
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
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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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blacknevas
According to ransomware.live, BlackNevas is a ransomware group first observed in November 2024, believed to be derived from the Trigona ransomware family, targeting telecommunications, manufacturing, medical, and legal industries primarily in Asia-Pacific, the UK, Italy, and Lithuania using double-extortion with a dual AES/RSA encryption scheme.