City of Cedar Falls
bd_a1c1a6725ad95489 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for City of Cedar Falls →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group BlackSuit (formerly Royal) 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
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Unfortunately, the management of cedarfalls.com shows no commitment to ensuring the data security of its employees, customers, and partners. Cedarfalls has 72 hours to resolve this situation; otherwise, the data will be put up for public auction.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Apr 16, 2024
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
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap
- Indiana State AGbd_0af528a896d5dda42025-02-19 · +309dVerified by operator
- Massachusetts State AGbd_c3158ec18133bb952025-02-25 · +315dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Feb 19 (IN), last Feb 25 (MA) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Evidence ladder
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.
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.
blacksuit
According to ransomware.live, According to Trend Micro, this ransomware has significant code overlap with Royal Ransomware.