Gossett Motor Cars, Inc.
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Full breach record for Gossett Motor Cars, Inc. →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Lynx 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
Al Gossett, president of Gossett Motor Cars, along with his brother David and son Brian, believe that building strong relationships starts with treating others the way you would like to be treated. "We will never take for granted the employees and customers who have contributed to our success," says Al Gossett. "We encourage and train our employees to understand the importance of building mutually respectful relationships not only with all of our valued customers, but with each other, as well."
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Dec 31, 2024
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
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- Indiana State AGbd_66efc7c0e230cd992025-02-18 · +49dVerified by operator
- Maine State AGbd_be4e14cd5edeee5e2025-02-18 · +49dVerified
- Massachusetts State AGbd_7ef716ee291331452025-02-19 · +50dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Dec 31, last Feb 19 (MA) — a 50-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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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.
Source ceiling
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- ransom/leak status
- discovery date
- materiality
- notification
- affected count
- confirmed data types
- compliance clock
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lynx
According to ransomware.live, Lynx is a ransomware-as-a-service operation that emerged in mid-2024 as a rebrand of INC Ransomware (whose source code was sold for $300,000 on the RAMP forum), claiming ~300 victims across manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation with an 80/20 profit split for affiliates.