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Metaval Consolidated Pty Ltd

bd_c839876f08deaf0a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

May 17, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group INC Ransom 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: Business ServicesDiscovered: 2026-05-17

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Metaval Consolidated is an Australian owned and operated manufacturers representative supplying all Australian states and territories. Metaval was established in 1967 to provide an engineering supply service to users in the paper industry. As our company grew and diversified, the range of industries serviced also increased. Today we provide engineered products to all major industries in Australia. We represent some of the worlds leading manufacturers in the supply of industrial equipment to a wide range of industries including water, manufacturing, mining and processing. Since commencing operations we have: Grown to be a leading Melbourne-based manufacturers representative for dozens of well known international brands. Worked and consulted on hundreds of projects from thousands of dollars to million dollar projects. Located in our own industrial premises and warehouse in Bayswater. Work with customers and consultants located in all Australian states and territories. Employees: 50 Revenue: $5 Million Industry: Home Improvement & Hardware Retail Phone Number: ([REDACTED-PHONE]

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

May 17, 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.

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