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ADT Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

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Filed

Aug 23, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for ADT Inc. →4 incidents on file

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Lockbit5 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.

Sanctions caution: Lockbit5 carries US sanctions exposure — OFAC has designated the group or its operators. Public reporting is permitted (informational-materials exemption, 50 U.S.C. § 1702(b)(3)) — but any payment or material support may violate sanctions. Consult counsel before engaging.

Group activity: Professional ServicesDiscovered: 2026-08-23

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

ADT is a security company that offers security systems, cameras, alarms ad home automation services....

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Aug 23, 2026

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 121d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Apr 24 (DE), last Jul 29 (NH) — a 96-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.

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.

About this groupFirst seen 2024-08-17

lockbit5

According to ransomware.live, LockBit 5.0 ("ChuongDong") emerged in September 2025 as the group's resurgence following the February 2024 law enforcement takedown, introducing cross-platform payloads targeting Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi with enhanced evasion capabilities and continuing the RaaS affiliate model of its predecessors.

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