DUARTE NURSERY INC.
bd_a279beeb7e47b50b · schema v1 · pii pii-v2
Full breach record for DUARTE NURSERY INC. →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Aurora 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
Duarte Nursery, Inc. is a wholesale deciduous fruit and nut tree nursery in Hughson, California — an S Corporation run by brothers John and Jeff Duarte. The dataset is the company's complete digital footprint: 300–500 full Social Security numbers from California DE9 quarterly employment tax filings (2024 Q1 through 2026 Q2). The owners' complete identity packages — John Duarte: SSN [REDACTED-SSN], DOB 9/9/1966, DL C3261756, BofA account 325107115395. Jeff Duarte: SSN [REDACTED-SSN], DOB 7/19/1969. Bank account and routing numbers for ~100 employees via NACHA ACH direct deposit files — plus the company's own BofA commercial account credentials and wire transfer instructions. Two years of reviewed financial statements showing the company is <redacted> Privileged litigation documents from active lawsuits including P2G class certification strategy and settlement documents. Proprietary rootstock and grafting data — the IP that differentiates Duarte from competing Central Valley nurseries. Complete salary and compensation data for 23 salaried employees, insurance coverage details, tax returns, and 401(k) census information.
J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source
Incident timeline — mostly unverified
? — ?
Breach window unknown
Oct 20, 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
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.
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.
aurora
According to ransomware.live, Aurora is a ransomware group associated with a multi-purpose Go-based malware distributed by multiple criminal teams from mid-2022, also sold as an infostealer/botnet under the same name on underground forums.