Fountain
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Full breach record for Fountain →2 incidents on fileThreat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group DragonForce 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
Over the last 40 years, Fountain has established itself as Europe's leading supplier of drinks vending machines for businesses, delivering the widest range of solutions to organisations with 5 to 50 employees, as well as multi-site key account customers. The company now operates in 28 countries and has developed a strong reputation and identity, founded on personalised services and solutions, a wide range of tailor-made products, and a local distribution network. Here at Fountain, we provide our customers with a comprehensive service that covers cartridge and automatic machines, capsule machines, water fountains, accessories and snacks. Fountain distributes a vast range of both own-brand and third-party products. As such, it is able to meet the exacting demands of businesses and organisations looking to tailor their offer to the specific needs of their customers and/or staff, from precise quantities to consumer preferences. Fountain has been listed on the Euronext stock exchange since
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Apr 1, 2026
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
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
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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.
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.
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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.