Vac-U-Max
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Full breach record for Vac-U-Max →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group 8base 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
Since 1954, VAC-U-MAX has designed and manufactured pneumatic conveying components and automated bulk material handling systems for conveying, weighing, and batching of powders and granular bulk materials. VAC-U-MAX has defined the leading edge of technology for bulk material handling, designing, manufacturing, selling and supporting VAC-U-MAX systems worldwide. VAC-U-MAX has been the pioneer in vacuum pneumatic conveying, developing the first air-powered venturi unit, advancing technologies for direct-loading of vacuum tolerant process equipment, and the first to design vertical-wall "Tube Hopper" material receivers https://www.vac-u-max.com
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Dec 13, 2023
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.
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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.
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8base
According to ransomware.live, The 8base Ransomware group made its first appearance in early March 2022, remaining somewhat quiet after the attacks. This group operates like other ransomware actors, engaging in double extortion. However, in mid-May and June 2023, the ransomware operation saw a spike in activity against organizations from various sectors, listing 131 organizations in just 3 months. The 8base data leak site was created and made available in March 2023, claiming honesty and simplicity in its discourse. VMware published a report on 8base, drawing some similarities with the ransomware group `RansomHouse`, pointing out resemblances such as the website used by 8base and the ransom notes presented in its attacks. Interestingly, the 8base Ransomware group does not have its own ransomware developed by the group. Instead, the actors took advantage of other leaked ransomware builders to customize the ransom note and present it to the victim organization as 8base's operation. Source : https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs