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GLOBALMalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareLockBit 3.xRansom DemandedActor NamedOFAC SanctionedCritical

Nicklaus

bd_9c6c99bf7ecc2f87 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

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Filed

Feb 6, 2023

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Nicklaus →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group LockBit 3.x 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: LockBit 3.x 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: Consumer ServicesDiscovered: 2023-02-06
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Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Partner Spotlight: Nicklaus Companies extends landmark agreement with Japan's Kosugi, Inc. To reach 50 years. The Nicklaus Companies and its largest worldwide licensee, Kosugi Inc., today announced a historic long-term contract extension to manufactu...

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Feb 6, 2023

Claim posted

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No filing yet · watching

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

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.