Estes Forwarding Worldwide
bd_f27ea514cb377a90 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for Estes Forwarding Worldwide →2 incidents on fileThreat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Qilin 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
Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW) is a leading provider of high-touch, door-to-door logistics and freight forwarding solutions. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and a subsidiary of Estes—the largest privately held freight transportation ...
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
May 24, 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
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap
- Massachusetts State AGbd_1a712fdf2909917a2026-04-03 · +314dVerified by operator
- Maine State AGbd_b8cff546a41f31d12026-04-03 · +314dVerified
- Indiana State AGbd_d64b005892327d472026-04-03 · +314dVerified
- Nebraska State AGbd_f8c091570e13832d2026-04-03 · +314dVerified
Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing May 24, last Apr 3 (NE) — a 314-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Evidence ladder
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
- 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.
qilin
According to ransomware.live, Qilin ransomware was first observed in July of 2022. Qilin Ransomware is written in Golang and supports multiple encryption modes; all of which are controlled by the operator. Qilin actors practice double extortion – demanding payment for a decryptor, as well as for the non-release of stolen data.