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ASC Machine Tools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

May 4, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for ASC Machine Tools →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Worldleaks 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: ManufacturingDiscovered: 2025-05-29
Listing address (not linked): https://worldleaksartrjm3c6vasllvgacbi5u3mgzkluehrzhk2jz4taufuid.onion/companies/9507551804View merged incident timeline

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

ASC Machine Tools is a prominent manufacturer of high-quality, innovative, and dependable equipment for the metal building and steel processing industries. The company was established in 1949 and has been serving clients with their proficiency and experience in designing and manufacturing machine tools. Their product offerings include roll forming machines, panel lapping machines, and other assorted equipment.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

May 4, 2025

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteMay 4 · first · this page
Nebraska State AG+75d

Pattern: first filing May 4, last Jul 18 (NE) — a 75-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.

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.

About this groupFirst seen 2022-06-23

worldleaks

According to ransomware.live, World Leaks emerged in January 2025 as a rebrand of the Hunters International ransomware operation, shifting its focus from file encryption to solely stealing sensitive data and threatening to leak it unless a ransom is paid

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