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Dona Formosa

bd_f8a3f67b0fa8ff79 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Jan 16, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Dona Formosa

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Sarcoma 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: Agriculture and Food ProductionDiscovered: 2025-01-16

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Dona Formosa Since our founding in 1999, we have dedicated our expertise to the manufacturing of dairy products and the distribution of partner brands. Our journey, which began more than two decades ago, continues to be marked by an unwavering commitment to excellence. Our dedication to quality is recognized by renowned chefs who choose our products for their dishes in restaurants, buffets and industrial kitchens. In addition, we are trusted by hundreds of points of sale, including large supermarket chains. In this way, we offer top-quality products to a wide range of audiences, consolidating our position as a reference in the market. Located in Águas Formosas, our industry is the beating heart where each Dona Formosa product is carefully crafted. In addition, our Distribution Center (DC) in Belo Horizonte ensures efficient and agile delivery, connecting our exceptional products to homes and commercial establishments throughout the state of Minas Gerais. At Dona Formosa, our trajectory is more than a success story, it is a constant commitment to quality, tradition and customer satisfaction. We are proud to be a brand that continues to grow and evolve, always bringing the best in dairy products to you and your family. Welcome to the tasty world of Dona FormosaGeo: Brazil - Leak size: 4 GB Archive - Contains: Files

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Jan 16, 2025

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.

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About this groupFirst seen 2024-07-09

sarcoma

According to ransomware.live, Sarcoma is a ransomware group that debuted in October 2024, immediately ranking among the top three most active groups globally and surpassing 116 documented victims by mid-2025, targeting mid-market companies across manufacturing, retail, healthcare, legal, and business services with roughly 50% of victims in the United States.

141 victims claimed globally141 tracked hereFull profile →