Universal Plant Services
bd_cd0e7bb1e76c7139 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Chaos 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
FINAL NOTICE: UNIVERSAL PLANT SERVICES (UPS) We are in possession of 315 GB of your corporate, financial, and operational data. Our analysis confirms that this archive contains highly sensitive information, including: Financial & Accounting: Full audits, tax filings (ADP), payroll, bank transa...
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Jun 30, 2026
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap
- California State AGbd_4232f1723a677f842026-08-12 · +43dVerified by operator
- Massachusetts State AGbd_4979e4ab9e976d772026-08-12 · +43dVerified by operator
- New Hampshire State AGbd_db66a838f309a4aa2026-08-12 · +43dVerified by operator
- Vermont State AGbd_e163fbd0abb697982026-08-12 · +43dVerified
Show 1 more filing ↓Show fewer ↑up to 45d gap
- Texas State AGbd_c02517c0a02e3af22026-08-14 · +45dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Jun 30, last Aug 14 (TX) — a 45-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Evidence ladder
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.
Source ceiling
- actor name
- victim claim
- ransom/leak status
- discovery date
- materiality
- notification
- affected count
- confirmed data types
- compliance clock
The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
chaos
According to ransomware.live, Chaos is a ransomware-as-a-service operation that emerged in early 2025, likely formed by former BlackSuit/Royal members, offering cross-platform ransomware for Windows, Linux, ESXi, and NAS to affiliates recruited on the RAMP dark web forum, excluding CIS/BRICS countries and hospitals from targeting.