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Nichirei

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Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Jul 13, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Nichirei

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Ransomhouse 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: Agriculture and Food ProductionDiscovered: 2026-07-21

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Nichirei Corporation is a premier Japanese holding company that has established itself as a market leader by pioneering the frozen food industry and providing end-to-end temperature-controlled logistics solutions. With a clear mission to deliver true satisfaction the Group leverages its integrated capabilities across food procurement, processing, and logistics to optimize the supply chain and support the nation's food culture. As Japan's number one frozen food producer and the holder of the largest refrigerated warehouse capacity in the country, Nichirei combines advanced R&D with a robust global network to ensure quality and consistency. The company's business portfolio extends from processed foods and marine products to bioscience and logistics, serving as a critical social infrastructure for food distribution. By adapting to changing social needs and economic environments, Nichirei continues to create sustainable value and strengthen its position as a cornerstone of the food industry.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Jul 13, 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

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The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2021-06-01

ransomhouse

According to ransomware.live, RansomHouse is a double-extortion RaaS operation active since late 2021, attributed to the threat actor "Jolly Scorpius," targeting over 120 organizations across healthcare, finance, transportation, and government, recently upgrading to a multi-layered dual-key encryption architecture.

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