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Lactanet

bd_c059370e73b791c9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Apr 10, 2024

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Lactanet2 incidents on file

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: Agriculture and Food ProductionDiscovered: 2024-05-21

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Lactanet is a partnership between CanWest DHI, CDN, and Valacta, which brings together leading dairy herd improvement organizations in Canada. The partnership provides Canadian dairy farmers with tools necessary for success, combining the strengths of the three partners to face industry challenges. CanWest DHI, established in 2004, offers herd management products and services to over 3,500 herds across five provinces, operating three labs and conducting about 3 million DHI samples annually. Valacta, the dairy production center of expertise, improves dairy farm profitability and sustainability by raising producers’ awareness of various aspects of dairy production. CDN serves as the national genetic evaluation center for dairy cattle, providing data management and information services to dairy herd improvement agencies, A.I. organizations, and Dairy Farmers of Canada. Lactanet’s recent release of Canada’s Best Managed Dairy Herds for 2023 highlights top dairy farms recognized for outstanding herd scores, contributing to excellence within the Canadian dairy industry. The organization’s annual reports showcase top managed herds, publishable herd data, statistics, benchmarks, and articles from dairy experts, providing insights into the Canadian dairy sector. Additionally, Lactanet’s directory includes professionals like geneticists who play key roles in the organizationSITE: www.lactanet.ca Address : 660 Speedvale Avenue West, Suite 101, Guelph, Ontario N1K 1E5 CANADAALL DATA SIZE: ≈520gb+ 1. Corporate data 2. Employees, users data 3. Lab data And much more...

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Apr 10, 2024

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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