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Yakult Australia

bd_ea7052237f272844 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Filed

Dec 15, 2023

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

60%
Full breach record for Yakult Australia

Press / market disclosure — not a breach-notification filing

A media or market posting that confirms an incident but carries no breach-notification fields, so compliance clocks aren't assessable. The summary below is extracted from the coverage — verify against the source.

Yakult Australia confirms 'cyber incident' after 95 GB data leak. Yakult Australia: Yakult Australia, a manufacturer of probiotic milk drinks, has confirmed it was the victim of a "cyber incident" following the leak of 95 GB of data claimed by the cybercriminal group DragonForce. The attack, which occurred in mid-December, affected the company's IT systems in Australia and New Zealand, but offices remain open and operational. DragonForce published data including company databases, contracts, passports, and other sensitive documents after attempting to extort the company, which refused to cooperate. Linked ransomware group: dragonforce.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Dec 15, 2023

Press report

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

Attack → press

Compliance clock

Not assessable

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market reportThis record

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

  • incident type + narrative only (may be machine-translated)
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • affected count
  • data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2022-10-20

dragonforce

According to ransomware.live, DragonForce is a major ransomware-as-a-service operation first observed in August 2023 that launched a formal affiliate program offering 80% revenue share, then rebranded as a "ransomware cartel" in 2025, gaining notoriety for high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods.

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