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Vela Film S.r.l.

bd_a0b5d66fd057ef42 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Jul 5, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Vela Film S.r.l.

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Payload 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: Consumer ServicesDiscovered: 2026-07-05

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Vela Film S.r.l. is an Italian production company based in Rome, specializing in the cinema and television industry. The company is involved in creating and producing various media projects, including well-known Italian TV series like “La porta rossa” and “Volevo fare la rockstar”. It actively collaborates with local directors and regional film commissions to organize and execute shootings across Italy.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jul 5, 2026

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.

About this groupFirst seen 2026-02-17

payload

According to ransomware.live, Payload is a ransomware group that emerged in early 2026, using Babuk-derived source code targeting both Windows and ESXi systems with cross-platform double-extortion attacks against healthcare, energy, real estate, and agriculture sectors, claiming 12 victims across seven countries within hours of launching its leak site.

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