HOLT CAT
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Full breach record for HOLT CAT →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cactus 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
<p>Automobile Dealers.<br><br>“HOLT CAT is the authorized Caterpillar heavy equipment and engine dealer, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. HOLT sells, services and rents Cat equipment, engines and generators for construction, mining, industrial, petroleum and agricultural applications.”<br><br>Website: <a href="https://www.holtcat.com/">https://www.holtcat.com/<\/a><br><br>Revenue : $1B<br><br>Address: 5665 SE Loop 410, San Antonio, Texas, 78222, United States<br><br>Phone Number: ([REDACTED-PHONE]<br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Download link #1:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/HOLTCAT/PROOF/">https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/HOLTCAT/PROOF/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Mirror:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/HOLTCAT/PROOF/">https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/HOLTCAT/PROOF/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>DATA DESCRIPTIONS:<\/strong><\/mark> Personal identifiable information, database backups, corporate confidential data, financial\payroll docs, HR dept docs, projects, agreement, contracts, confidential engineering docs and drawings, customer information, employees\executives private data, corporate correspondence, etc.<\/p><p><img src="/uploads/I_Fit_Up_APPROVAL_MM_Kinder_Morgan_P202658_PO_6673092_0_KMPO_70c7e87d58.png" alt="IFit Up APPROVAL - MM-Kinder Morgan-P202658-PO# 6673092-0-KMPO.png"><img src="/uploads/Luis_Ramirez_50402f9b58.png" alt="Luis Ramirez.png"><img src="/uploads/I_9_and_passport_88b459585f.png" alt="I-9 and passport.png"><img src="/uploads/MM_S_and_B_M0010_Dryer_P_and_ID_P202622_9_18_24_868fa817c8.png" alt="MM-S&B-M0010-Dryer P&ID-P202622-9.18.24.png"><img src="/uploads/DL_Herb_2c4678bf9e.png"
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Jan 30, 2025
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
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.
cactus
According to ransomware.live, The CACTUS ransomware is said to have emerged around March 2023. The group became known for exploiting vulnerabilities to gain initial access and maintain a presence within the organization's infrastructure. There is little known information about the ransomware group, except that it emerged on the mentioned date and, following encryption, a text file named 'cAcTuS.readme.txt' would be created. Additionally, encrypted files were altered to the '.cts1' extension, and data exfiltration and victim extortion were conducted through the use of the service known as Tox. Source: https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs