Bretford Manufacturing
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Full breach record for Bretford Manufacturing →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
Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. is a privately held manufacturer of charging solutions for mobile devices, founded in 1948 and headquartered in Franklin Park, Illinois. With ~60 employees and ~$10M annual revenue, it serves education, healthcare, retail, and government sectors. The exposed material includes: Social Security Numbers for the entire workforce (current + 200–400 historical employees + dependents) via ACA Census files, 1099 forms, and payroll records spanning 2010–2026. Corporate and vendor bank accounts — Bretford's own checking account (routing + account number) plus 26+ vendor bank accounts from NACHA ACH batch files. Complete network architecture — VPN gateway IP, internal topology diagram, IP allocation tables, infrastructure inventory, disaster recovery plan, and Active Directory domain name. 20 years of HR records including medical leave, disability accommodations, drug tests, garnishments, pension, 401(k), insurance enrollment, and termination records. Complete product engineering library — SolidWorks CAD files for all products, CNC/laser programs, and manufacturing process documentation.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Jul 29, 2026
Claim posted
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Compliance clock
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap
- Indiana State AGbd_49c56381ca4ee5fe2026-07-13 · +16dVerified
- Massachusetts State AGbd_6c2bd0420880f23f2026-07-13 · +16dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states
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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.