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Fruit of the Earth

bd_a9f521957b81275f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Nov 12, 2024

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Black Basta 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: 2024-12-18
View aggregator listing on ransomware.live

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Fruit of the Earth, a prominent skin care company based in Grand Prairie, Texas. Founded in 1980, Fruit of the Earth specializes in producing high-quality aloe vera and nature-inspired products, including skin care, sun care, and health care items. The company operates as a family-owned business and emphasizes ethical sourcing and environmentally friendly practices in its production processes.SITE: www.fote.com Address : 3325 W Trinity Blvd Grand Prairie, Texas 75050 United StatesTEL#: (817) 510-1600ALL DATA SIZE: ≈990gb 1. Financial data, Accounts, Payroll 2. Personal employees data and docs 3. Confidential data, NDA 4. R&D & etc...

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Nov 12, 2024

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

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  • 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.