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Equator Worldwide

bd_f4afe3494bef1494 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Nov 7, 2024

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Equator Worldwide

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Meow 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: Transportation/LogisticsDiscovered: 2024-11-07

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

<p>Dear customers!<\/p><p>We are excited to offer exclusive access to over 9 GB of confidential data from Equator Worldwide, a UK based logistics company specializing in global delivery solutions. Known for its extensive range of services, Equator Worldwide supports businesses with time sensitive, flexible, and proactive logistics solutions. Through partnerships with major carriers like DHL, TNT, FedEx, and UPS, the company provides express and economy delivery options, and its platform enables seamless quotes, booking, labeling, and tracking for shipments.<\/p><p>Equator Worldwides core services include:<\/p><p>Global Express Delivery: Offering express and timed options with full tracking.<br>Direct Vehicles: High capacity vans and trucks for urgent same day and next day deliveries across the UK and Europe.<br>Global Freight Services: Air and road freight for heavier shipments, complete with customs clearance.<br>Special Services: Consolidation, packing, white glove services, and handling of delicate or high value items.<br>The companys dedicated approach and 24 on 7 support ensure reliable, customer focused solutions tailored to meet unique business needs.<\/p><p>This comprehensive data pack includes:<\/p><p>Employee data &nbsp;personal details, passport scans, drivers license copies&nbsp;<br>Client information service agreements, contact information<br>Contracts and commercial agreements<br>Insurance policies liability and cargo insurance, COVID 19 vaccination certificates&nbsp;<br>Financial documents invoices, credit notes, transaction statements<br>Business credit applications and credit card transactions<br>Corporate contact details business email addresses<br>Service agreements and inter company contracts<br>And much more<br>This data pack provides unique insights into Equator Worldwides operations, making it valuable for professionals in logistics, business an

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Nov 7, 2024

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

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

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

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.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

Source ceiling

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

About this groupFirst seen 2023-09-04

meow

According to ransomware.live, Meow emerged in 2022 (resurfacing aggressively in 2024), initially operating as a RaaS using the Conti v2 codebase before transitioning to a data-extortion-only model — selling stolen data rather than encrypting files — with a heavy focus on US healthcare and medical research organizations.

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