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Verhelst

bd_eaad506d9b2b11d1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Filed

Oct 12, 2023

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

60%
Full breach record for Verhelst

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.

Cyberattack on Oudenburg construction company Verhelst | Focus and WTV. Verhelst: The construction company Verhelst in Oudenburg suffered a cyberattack two weeks ago and is still feeling the effects, with numerous computer records lost or still unusable. The company remains operational despite the disruptions caused by the hack. The company's priority is to minimize the impact of the attack and continue to serve its customers safely. Linked ransomware group: cactus.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Oct 12, 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 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

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 2023-07-03

cactus

According to ransomware.live, The CACTUS ransomware is said to have emerged around March 2023. The group became known for exploiting vulnerabilities to gain initial access and maintain a presence within the organization's infrastructure. There is little known information about the ransomware group, except that it emerged on the mentioned date and, following encryption, a text file named 'cAcTuS.readme.txt' would be created. Additionally, encrypted files were altered to the '.cts1' extension, and data exfiltration and victim extortion were conducted through the use of the service known as Tox. Source: https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs

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