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SunSource

bd_de73edefbf20ef45 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Apr 20, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for SunSource

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Payoutsking 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: EnergyDiscovered: 2026-04-30

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

SunSource is a US-based industrial distribution company specializing in the supply of fluid power, fluid process, and motion control components and systems. It serves a wide range of industries including manufacturing, agriculture, and construction. The company provides products such as hydraulics, pneumatics, and related technical services, helping businesses maintain and optimize their industrial equipment and operations.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Apr 20, 2026

Claim posted

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteApr 20 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 20, last Jun 17 (VT) — a 58-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 2025-04-17

payoutsking

According to ransomware.live, PayoutsKing is an active ransomware group observed through at least 2026 that has claimed attacks against a wide range of industries internationally — including Del Monte Foods and V. FRAAS — across the US, UK, Germany, and Ireland using standard double-extortion tactics.

110 victims claimed globally110 tracked hereFull profile →